Herbs that Cool the Blood
Sheng Di Huang 地黄
Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae Chinese Foxglove Root, Rehmannia
Also known as Sheng Di
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Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Cool the Blood
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- HT, KI, LIV
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae
- Chinese
- 地黄
- Tone Marks
- shēng dì huáng
- Also Known As
- Sheng Di
- Translation
- Fresh Earth Yellow
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Heat and Cools the Blood For heat in the Ying level causing very high fever, thirst, and a dark red tongue. Also used for hemorrhage, epistaxis, spitting Blood, Bloody urine, and uterine bleeding.
- Nourishes the Yin and Increases Fluids For injured Yin from heat causing dry mouth, throat pain, wasting and thirsting disorder, and constipation.
- Clears Heart fire For irritability, restlessness, mouth and tongue sores, or insomnia.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 9-30 grams.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Contraindicated in spleen and stomach deficiency (diarrhea or loose stool), dampness, yang deficiency and pregnant women with blood deficiency.
Chinese Herb Notes
- Fresh root is used to treat thirst and bleeding from exterior heat. Dried root is used for bleeding from deficiency of yin and blood.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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