What are the effects and functions of Rehmannia glutinosa?

Rehmannia root, also known as cooked rehmannia root, is a traditional Chinese medicine and is an excellent Chinese medicinal material. Rehmannia root is warm in nature and sweet in taste. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, replenishing essence and strengthening the kidneys. Eating Rehmannia root together with other Chinese medicines has a good health-care effect. If you often feel palpitations, dizziness, premature graying of hair, etc., you can drink boiled Rehmannia root in water. In addition, Rehmannia root also has a certain therapeutic effect on irregular menstruation.

The efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa:

1. Rehmannia root can replenish bone marrow, grow muscles, produce essence and blood, nourish the five internal organs, treat internal injuries, unclog blood vessels, benefit the ears and eyes, and blacken hair. It can cure the five kinds of labor and seven kinds of injuries in men, and the injuries and leakage of the placenta in women, irregular menstruation, and all kinds of diseases caused by pregnancy and childbirth. Compendium

2. Rehmannia root can treat heat in the hands and feet and heart. It can replenish kidney water and treat blood. It is suitable for those with strong and full pulse. If the pulse is weak, Rehmannia glutinosa is suitable. Rehmannia root is steamed by false fire, so it can replenish the lack of qi in the kidney. (Li Gao)

3. Rehmannia root is used for hot flashes, bone steaming, night sweats, spermatorrhea, and diabetes caused by kidney yin deficiency. Rehmannia root is the main medicine for nourishing yin and is often used together with Cornus officinalis, Chinese yam, etc., such as Liuwei Dihuang Pills.

4. Rehmannia root can nourish the kidney and is necessary for people with blood deficiency. Also, pain below the navel belongs to the kidney meridian, and can only be cured by Rehmannia glutinosa, which is a kidney-clearing medicine. (Zhang Yuansu)

5. Rehmannia root is used to treat bone steaming, body heat, fatigue and lassitude. Take equal parts of Chinese angelica, Rehmannia root bark, Citrus aurantium (fried with bran), Bupleurum root, Gentiana macrophylla, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, and Carapace of Turtle (roasted), grind into powder, add one cup of water and half a black plum, boil for seven minutes, and drink with the plum while it is hot. (Dihuang San from "Youyou New Book")

6. Cooked Rehmannia root is used to treat liver-wood attacking the stomach, pain in the stomach, acid reflux, hernia, and all liver diseases: Adenophora adenophora, Ophiopogon japonicus, Rehmannia root, Angelica sinensis, Lycium barbarum, Toosendan, (Yi Guan Jian from "Liuzhou Medical Talk")

Contraindications of Rehmannia glutinosa: People with weak spleen and stomach, qi stagnation, excessive phlegm, abdominal distension and loose stools should not take Rehmannia glutinosa.