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Pin Yin:
sheng di huang
Common name: Chinese foxglove root, dried
Botanical family: Scrophulariaceae
Botanical name: 1, Rehmannia glutinosa (Gaertn.) Libosch.; 2, R. glutinosa Libosch. f. hueichingensis (Chao et Schih) Hsiao
Primary action: Cool Blood
Secondary actions:
Supplement Yin
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet, bitter
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Kd
Actions:
Clears Heat and Cools Blood; used for Yingand Blood Aspect Heat.
Moistens Yin and generates Fluids.
Cools upward blazing of Heart Fire due to Yin Vacuity.
Alleviates Wasting and Thirsting Pattern.
(See
Blood Heat
;
Blood Aspect Repletion Heat
;
Blood Aspect Yin Damage
;
Construction Aspect Wind Heat
;
Fluid Vacuity
;
Heart Yin Vacuity
;
Wasting and Thirsting Pattern
.)
Indications: bleeding, dry mouth, vexation, sore
throat, lumbar pain, nightsweating, seminal emission, five heart heat,
urticaria, rashes, maculopapular eruptions, dizziness, tinnitus
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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