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Rehmanniae, Rx, Preparatae
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Pin Yin: shu di huang
Common name: Chinese foxglove root cooked in wine
Botanical family: Scrophulariaceae
Botanical name: 1, Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch.; 2, R. glutinosa Libosch. f. hueichingensis (Chao et Schih) Hsiao
Primary action: Supplement Blood
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yin
Temperature: slightly warm
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Kd
Actions:
Supplements the Blood.
Nourishes the Yin and Supplements Kidney Yin Vacuity; used for night
sweats, nocturnal emissions, Steaming Bone Pattern, and Wasting and Thirsting
Pattern.
(See
Vacuity of Blood
;
Interior-Heat-Vacuity (Vacuity
of Yin)
;
Kidney Yin Vacuity
;
Leakage of Essence
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Wasting and Thirsting Pattern
.)
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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