Prepared Rehmannia Root 4 ounce 8:1 concentration

Prepared Rehmannia Root, 4 oz

Unit Size

4 fl oz.

Potency

8:1

Taste

Sweet

Properties

Slightly Warm

Contraindications

This is a very cloying and rich substance that readily leads to stagnation of dampness and impedes digestion. It is contraindicated in those with qi stagnation and profuse phlegm, fullness, and pain in the abdomen, reduced appetite, and diarrhea. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology

Facial pallor, dizziness, palpitations, insomnia; Irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, postpartum bleeding; Lower back pain, tinnitus, tidal fevers, nightsweats, nocturnal emissions; Wasting and Thirsting: Delayed development during childhood, blunted effect, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, greying of hair, impotence, memory loss - Bensky

Actions

Nourishes Yin and Blood.Tonifies the Essence.Strengthens the Marrow.

Pattern

Blood deficiency; Liver and Kidney yin deficiency - Bensky

Channels Entered

Heart, Kidney, Liver - Bensky

Branch

Liver, Kidneys, Heart.

Chinese name

Shu Di Huang

English name

Prepared Rehmannia Root

Description

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Tonifies the blood: for blood deficiency with such symptoms as facial pallor, dizziness, palpitations, and insomnia. Very commonly used when blood deficiency leads to such problems as irregular menstruation, uterine bleeding, and postpartum bleeding. Best when there is deficiency but no significant stagnation.*
• Nourishes the yin: for Liver and Kidney yin deficiency with such sumptoms as weak lower back and limbs, dizziness, tinnitus, tidal fevers, nightsweats, and nocturnal emissions.*
• Strongly enriches the yin and relieves wasting and thirsting disorder: especially useful for lower burner wasting: can be used as a stand-alone herb in large doses for this purpose.*
• Nourishes the blood and tonifes the essence: for problems with both blood and essence such as delayed development during childhood, blunted affect, premature aging, diminished mental acuity, greying of hair, impotence, and memory loss.*

Ingredients

Rehmannia glutinosa