What are the effects of raw Rehmannia glutinosa and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa?

Rehmannia root is a common Chinese medicinal material, and it is mainly divided into two types: raw Rehmannia root and cooked Rehmannia root. Whether fresh or processed, they all have their own effects and functions, and can also exert different medicinal values. Therefore, it is necessary for everyone to understand their functions clearly so that they can be used better and truly treat the symptoms according to the symptoms. So what are the effects of raw Rehmannia and cooked Rehmannia?

The efficacy of raw rehmannia root

Fresh Rehmannia root clears away heat and produces body fluid, and after cooling, it stops bleeding. It is used for heat wind damaging yin, red tongue and thirst, spots and rashes, vomiting blood, epistaxis, and sore throat. Raw Rehmannia root clears heat and cools blood, nourishes yin, and promotes the production of body fluids. It is used for fever, thirst, rashes, yin deficiency and internal heat, vomiting blood, epistaxis, diabetes, and infectious hepatitis.

1. Clear away heat and cool blood. It tastes sweet and bitter, is cold in nature and enters the blood. It can clear the heat in the blood and cool the blood. It is used for high fever, thirst, and red tongue in febrile diseases. The prescription is like Qingying Decoction. In addition, this product has the effect of stopping bleeding by cooling the blood, and can be used for various bleeding diseases caused by blood heat.

2. Nourish yin and produce body fluid. This product is moist and liquid and can nourish yin. It tastes sweet and is cold in nature and can produce body fluid. It has the effect of nourishing yin, moistening dryness and producing body fluid. It is used for patients in the late stage of febrile disease and those suffering from damage to body fluid by evil heat. In addition, this product is often used to treat dry mouth, thirst, dizziness and vertigo caused by yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire due to its nourishing yin and clearing heat effects. Prescriptions include Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Shengdi can also be used to treat diabetes caused by excessive heat and damage to body fluids.

The efficacy of Rehmannia glutinosa

The Chinese medicinal material Rehmannia glutinosa is a processed product of raw Rehmannia glutinosa. It has a shiny black surface, is soft and flexible, tastes sweet, and is slightly warm in nature. It has the effects of nourishing yin and blood, replenishing essence and filling marrow. It is mainly used to treat liver and kidney yin deficiency, soreness of the waist and knees, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and spermatorrhea, internal heat and thirst, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, palpitations, irregular menstruation, dizziness and tinnitus, and premature graying of hair.

For those who suffer from blood deficiency, malnutrition of the heart and spleen, sallow complexion, dizziness, palpitations, and insomnia, it is advisable to use it together with Angelica sinensis; for those who suffer from liver and kidney yin deficiency, dizziness, deafness and tinnitus, soreness of the waist and knees, night sweats, and spermatorrhea, it can be used together with Cornus officinalis, Dioscorea opposita, Paeonia lactiflora, etc.; if on this basis, Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Phellodendron chinense are added, it can treat yin deficiency and excessive fire, bone steaming and hot flashes, night sweats and nocturnal emission, and strong radial pulse.

The above introduction has clearly explained the effects of raw and cooked Rehmannia root. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. Any kind of Chinese herbal medicine needs to be used correctly under the guidance of a doctor. If it is used blindly, it will often lead to treatment misunderstandings and even cause unnecessary troubles to patients, which will not be worth the loss.