What are the effects and functions of Rehmannia glutinosa?

Rehmannia glutinosa is a kind of traditional Chinese medicinal material, but most people in life do not know about it. In fact, Rehmannia glutinosa has many effects and functions, and it is also very common among medicinal materials. So what are the effects and functions of Rehmannia glutinosa? The following is a detailed answer to this question. I hope these are still very helpful to you. It is recommended to use it under the guidance of a doctor.

1. Fresh Rehmannia root tastes sweet and is cold in nature. It can clear away heat, cool blood and promote the production of body fluids. It is mainly used for high fever, thirst, sore throat, vomiting blood, nosebleed, hematuria, bloody stool, etc. Raw Rehmannia root tastes sweet, slightly bitter and is cold in nature. It can nourish yin, clear away heat, cool blood and stop bleeding. It is mainly used for fever, irritability, spots and rashes, yin deficiency and low-grade fever, thirst, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, and metrorrhagia. Rehmannia root is sweet and slightly warm in nature. It can nourish yin and kidney, replenish blood and regulate menstruation. It is mainly used for yin deficiency and anemia, blurred vision and tinnitus, soreness and weakness of the waist, thirst, spermatorrhea, amenorrhea, and metrorrhagia.

2. The main chemical components of Rehmannia glutinosa are: 1. Glycosides: Glycosides are mainly cycloterpenes. Dozens of glycosides can be isolated from fresh and dried Rehmannia glutinosa, such as catalpol, dihydrocatalpol, diacylcatrol, and motherwort glycoside. 2. Carbohydrates: mainly stachyose, raffinose, glucose, fructose, etc. The content of stachyose in fresh Rehmannia is higher than that in dried Rehmannia, while the contents of hexose, sucrose and trisaccharides are lower than those in dried Rehmannia. Dried Rehmannia contains a small amount of reducing sugar, while cooked Rehmannia contains a large amount of reducing sugar. 3. Amino acids: Rehmannia contains more than 20 kinds of amino acids. Dried Rehmannia contains 15 kinds of free amino acids, 6 of which are essential amino acids for the human body. 4. Inorganic elements: Contains about twenty kinds of inorganic elements. 5. Organic acids: such as methyl benzoate, methyl caprylate, methyl phenylacetate, etc. Among them, the unsaturated fatty acid linoleic acid has the highest content, accounting for more than 40% of the total acid, followed by palmitic acid, accounting for about 27%. 6. Others: It also contains β-sitosterol, polysterol, trace amounts of campesterol, linalool, vitamin A substances, etc.

I believe that most of you have never heard of Rehmannia glutinosa in your life. It is a common Chinese medicinal material in life, but many people in life don’t know much about it. In fact, the efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa are very high. So what are the efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa? The above is a detailed introduction to this issue. Understanding these is very helpful to you in your life.