Chinese herbal medicine - Rehmannia efficacy

〗 〖Chinese medicine source: This product is contained in the "Ben". It is the root of Reichmania glutinosa (Caertn.) Libosch.ex Fisch.et Mey., a perennial herb of Scrophulariaceae. The main production of China's Henan Province, Hebei Province, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and other provinces and northeastern regions.

Most parts of the country are also cultivated.

〗 〖Harvesting processing: autumn excavation, fresh or dry slices used.

〗 〖Chinese medicine specifications:

Reed yellow is divided into five grades according to the number of kilograms per kilogram and the following specifications. The first class is within 16 per kilogram, the second is within 32 per kilogram, the third is within 60 per kilogram, the fourth is within 100 per kilogram, and the fifth is outside the 100 per kilogram.

〗 〖Herb traits:

Fresh yellow is spindle-shaped or strip-shaped, 8 to 24 cm long and 2 to 9 cm in diameter. Thin skin with pale reddish yellow surface with curved longitudinal wrinkles, bud marks, long lenticels and irregular scars. Succulent, easy to break, cross-section of the skin light yellow and white, visible orange red oil, yellow-white wood, the catheter was arranged radially. Gas slightly, taste sweet, bitter.

Rehmannia mostly irregular mass or oblong shape, the middle expansion, the ends slightly smaller, 6 to 12 cm long, 3 to 6 cm in diameter. Some are small, long, slightly flat and twisted. The surface is brownish-black or brown-gray, extremely crumpled, with irregular cross-curvature. Weight, quality is soft and tough, not easy to break, cross section brown black or black, glossy, sticky. Odorless, sweet taste.

〖Ingredient〗: This product contains β-sitosterol, dihuangxin, mannitol, glucose, alkaloids, iron, vitamin A and so on.

〖Pharmacological action〗:

Rehmannia has a certain heart, diuretic, high blood pressure, lower blood sugar and other effects. Rehmannia extract can promote blood coagulation. Oral charcoal in mice can shorten bleeding time. Rehmannia decoction also protects the liver and prevents the reduction of liver glycogen. And a certain degree of anti-radiation damage. It inhibits the growth of many fungi.

〗 〖Body taste: Gan, bitter, cold. Heart, liver, lungs.

〗 〖Effective application: heat and cooling blood, Yang Yin Sheng Jin. Indications of hot evil Yin, tongue pimple polydipsia, yin deficiency heat, night heat early cool, bone steaming labor heat, heat Diabetes, vomiting blood stasis, hot toxic spot.

〗 〖Use of medicinal herbs: decoction, 10 ~ 30g, double the dosage of fresh products, or use fresh medlar juice medicine. Fresh and sweet taste bitter cold, similar to the role of dry yellow, the power of Ziyin is less strong, but heat and fluid, cooling blood to stop bleeding stronger.

〗 〖Use of taboos: This product is cold and stagnant, spleen and wet stagnation, abdomen full of stool, should not be used.