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Shu Di Huang Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root - Chinese Herbal Medicine

Shu Di Huang Names

  • English Name: Rehmannia, Chinese Foxglove Root
  • Pinyin Name: Shu Di Huang

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Shu Di Huang Clinical Usages and Indications

  • This is the root of Sheng Di Huang (steamed and dried, or soaked in red wine and dried).
  • Tonify blood for blood deficiency with dizziness, pallid complexion, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menses, uterine bleeding, post partum bleeding.
  • Nourish yin - kidney yin deficiency with nightsweats, xiao ke, steaming bone disorder, nocturnal emissions.

Shu Di Huang Dosage and Prep Notes

  • Dosage: 9-30g
  • Charred if used to stop bleeding.

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Shu Di Huang Appears In 19 Formulas

An Shen Bu Xin Wan

Ba Zhen Wan

  • Eight Treasure Combination

  • Pale complexion, fatigue, low stamina, light headedness, vertigo, palpitations (may be frequent), anxiety, poor appetite, reduced energy for speaking.

    The Pulse will be thin and frail or large and weak and the Tongue will be pale with a white coat.

  • Tonify
  • Tonify the Qi and Blood

Bai He Gu Jin Wan

  • Lily Bulb to Preserve the Metal

  • For lung and kidney yin deficiency with signs such as dry cough, possibly with blood streaked sputum, dry and sore throat, heat in the five palms, nightsweats, wheezing.

    The Pulse will be thin and rapid and the Tongue will be red with little coating.

  • Treat Dryness
  • Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness

Da Bu Yin Wan

  • Great Tonify the Yin Pill

  • Yin deficiency leading to rising fire - mallor flush, heat in the afternoon/evenings, night sweats, irritability, anxiety, steaming bone disorder, spontaneous emissions.

    The Pulse will be rapid and forceful in the kidney positions and the Tongue will be red with little coating.

  • Tonify
  • Tonify the Yin

Du Huo Ji Sheng Wan

Er Long Zuo Ci Wan

Gu Ben Wan

Jiao Ai Wan

  • Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Formula

  • This formula is generally a tonifying agent with herbs to invigorate the blood it is used for excessive menstruation, excessive spotting between periods or bleeding during pregnancy.  Other uses would be uterine bleeding and restless fetus syndrome.

    The Tongue is generally pale with a thin white coat and the Pulse will be thin and frail.

  • Stop Bleeding
  • Tonify and Stop Bleeding
  • Cautions
    • Avoid in cases of beng lou (flooding and spotting) when caused by heat or accompanied with strong heat signs.

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

  • Six Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia

  • Classic formula for yin deficiency of the kidney and liver - vertigo, tinnitus, poor hearing, night sweats, heat in the five palms (hands, feet, a/or chest), spontaneous seminal emissions (a/or nocturnal), weak low back, light headedness.

    The Pulse will be rapid and thin and the Tongue will be red with little (or no) coating.

  • Tonify
  • Tonify the Yin

Ming Mu Di Huang Wan

Nuan Gong Yun Zi Wan

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

Qi Xue Da Bu Wan

Qian Lie Shu Wan

Shi Quan Da Bu Wan

Si Wu Tang Wan

You Gui Wan

  • Restore the Right Kidney Pill

  • Signs of Kidney Yang deficiency - cold extremities, fatigue, impotence, weak/aching low back, knees, waist, aversion to cold, infertility, loose stools, incontinence or other urinary issues (frequent, difficult to restrain), edema in the lower body.

    The Pulse will be weak and the Tongue will be be pale with a thin white moist coat.

  • Tonify
  • Warm and Tonify the Yang

Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan

Zuo Gui Wan

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