| English
Name |
| Prepared
Rehmannia Root |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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It
is the processed Radix Rehmanniae |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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This
herb is sweet in taste and slightly warm in nature, and is
distributed to the Heart, Liver and Kidney Channels. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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| Precaution |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a ventilated and dry place. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Occuring
in irregular slices and pieces, broken lumps, varying in size
and thickness. Externally jet-black, lustrous, more sticky.
Texture soft and flexible, uneasily broken, fracture jet-black,
lustrous. Odourless; taste, sweet.
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ACTION |
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To nourish
yin and replenish blood, reinforce the essence of life and marrow. |
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INDICATIONS |
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yin
deficiency of liver and kidney, aching and weakness of the
loins and knees, hectic fever and bone-heat, night sweat,
emission, palpitation, menoxenia, uterine bleeding, dizziness,
tinnitus, white hair and beard in young age. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Nourishing blood to regulate menstruation.
In treating dizziness, palpitation, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis,
irregular menstruation etc. due to deficiency of blood in
the heart and liver, the herb can be used in combination with
Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Rhizoma Ligustici
Chuanxiong, etc.
2. Nourishing
the kidney to replenish Yin
In treating hectic fever, afternoon fever, spontaneous sweating,
seminal emission, lassitude of the low back and knee, diabetes,
etc. due to deficiency of the kidney-Yin, the herb is often
used in combination with Fructus Corni, Rhizoma Dioscoreae
or Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Plastrum Testudinis, etc.
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TIPS |
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The
herb is thick and sticky in nature and is likely to generate
dampness and disturb the normal function of the stomach. Therefore,
it is contraindicated for those with deficiency of the spleen
and presence of dampness, or with profuse sputum and stasis
of Qi. |
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