Sheng Di Huang (Chinese Foxglove Root, Rehmannia)

Herb 6 of 11 in Herbs that Cool the Blood

Channels:

HT, KI, LIV

Properties:

Sweet, Bitter, Cold

Latin:

Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae

Chinese:

地黄

Tone Marks:

shēng dì huáng

Alt Names:

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 Contraindications & Cautions

• Contraindicated in spleen and stomach deficiency (diarrhea or loose stool), dampness, yang deficiency and pregnant women with blood deficiency.

Herb-Drug Interactions

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Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose

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Chinese Herb Dosage

• 9-30 grams.

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.

This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

• Bai He Gu Jin Tang (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal)
  Category: Formulas that Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness
• Cong Bai Qi Wei Yin (Scallion Decoction with Seven Ingredients)
  Category: Formulas that Release Exterior Disorders with Interior Deficiency
• Da Ding Feng Zhu (Major Arrest Wind Pearl)
  Category: Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind
• Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan (Rhubarb and Eupolyphaga Pill)
  Category: Formulas that Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
• Da Zao Wan (Great Creation Pill)
  Category: Formulas that Nourish and Tonify the Yin
• Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang (Tangkuei and Six Yellow Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Stabilize the Exterior and the Lungs
• Dao Chi San (Guide Out the Red Powder)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Organs
• Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang (Angelica Pubescens and Sangjisheng Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Dispel Wind-Dampness
• e Jiao Ji Zi Huang Tang (Ass Hide Gelatin and Egg Yolk Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind
• Huang Tu Tang (Yellow Earth Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Tonify and Stop Bleeding
• Jiao ai Tang (Ass Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Tonify and Stop Bleeding
• Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan (Kidney Qi Pill from the Golden Cabinet)
  Category: Formulas that Warm and Tonify the Yang
• Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang (Nine Herb Decoction with Notopterygium)
  Category: Formulas that Release Exterior Cold
• Ling Jiao Gou Teng Tang (Antelope Horn and Uncaria Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind
• Long Dan Xie Gan Tang (Gentiana Longdancao Decoction to Drain the Liver)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Organs
• Qing Hao Bie Jia Tang (Artemisia Annua and Soft Shelled Turtle Shell Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from Deficiency
• Qing Re Zhi Beng Tang (Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding
• Qing Wei San (Clear the Stomach Powder)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Organs
• Qing Wen Bai Du Yin (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxins Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
• Qing Ying Tang (Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Nutritive Level and Cool the Blood
• Run Chang Wan (Moisten the Intestines Pill)
  Category: Formulas that Moisten the Intestines and Unblock the Bowels
• San Jia Fu Mai Tang (Three Shell Decoction to Restore the Pulse)
  Category: Formulas that Extinguish Internal Wind
• Si Sheng Wan (Four Fresh Pill)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding
• Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan (Emperor of Heaven's Special Pill to Tonify the Heart)
  Category: Formulas that Nourish the Heart and Calm the Spirit
• Xi Jiao Di Huang Tang (Rhinoceros Horn and Rehmannia Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Nutritive Level and Cool the Blood
• Xiao Feng San (Eliminate Wind Powder from True Lineage)
  Category: Formulas that Release Wind from the Skin and Channels
• Xiao Ji Yin Zi (Cephalanoplos Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding
• Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang (Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Invigorate the Blood and Dispel Blood Stasis
• Yang Yin Qing Fei Tang (Nourish the Yin and Clear the Lungs Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness
• Yi Guan Jian (Linking Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Nourish and Tonify the Yin
• Zeng Ye Tang (Increase the Fluids Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Enrich the Yin and Moisten Dryness
• Zhi Gan Cao Tang (Honey Fried Licorice Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Tonify the Qi and Blood
• Zhu Sha An Shen Wan (Cinnabar Pill to Calm the Spirit)
  Category: Formulas that Sedate and Calm the Spirit