sheng di huang

About sheng di huang

Names

Classification

Category

Cools Blood

Channels

Heart, Kidney, Liver

Flavour

Sweet, Bitter

Temperature

Cold

Part used

Root

Family

scrophulariaceae

Species

Rehmannia Glutinosa

Tags

Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Combinations

• e jiao

  Deficiency Heat with cough, hematemesis, epistaxis and uterine bleeding

• xuan shen + mai men dong

  Devastated Yin with Blazing Fire: dry throat, irritability, red tongue and a rapid thready pulse. Ying-stage Heat with extreme thirst, irritability and a scarlet tongue. Swollen throat and lymph nodes. Excess Heat with Yin Deficiency causing constipation

• zhi mu + qing hao + bie jia

  Late-stage Heat at the Ying or Xue level lodged in the Yin areas of the body: fever at night, coolness in the morning, emaciation and a red tongue

• bai shao

  Blood Deficiency Heat.

• bai shao + bai mao gen + di yu

  Xue-stage Heat with hematuria, hematemesis and epistaxis

• shu di huang

  Yin Deficiency and Devastated Blood with Heat signs

• mai men dong + sha shen + yu zhu

  Stomach Yin Deficiency with thirst, dry mouth, dry lips and red tongue

• sha ren

  Prevents Stagnation, with its diarrhea, nausea or abdominal pain

• xuan shen + mai men dong + xi jiao

  Heat at the Ying or Blood stage

• ce bai ye + ai ye + he ye

  Blood Heat with hemorrhage

• xi jiao + mu dan pi + chi shao yao

  Blood with Toxic Heat

• yu zhu + mai men dong + sha shen + shi hu

  Febrile disease consuming the Body Fluids

• shui niu jiao + mu dan pi

  Blood Heat rashes

• xuan shen + xi jiao

  Ying Stage Heat

• ge gen + tian hua fen + huang qi

  Diabetes with thirst.

• mu tong + dan zhu ye

  Heat in the Heart and Small Intestine with a hot feeling in the chest, irritability, insomnia, thirst, scanty dark urine and sores of the mouth and tongue

• dang gui + chan tui + fang feng

  Blood Heat with itchy skin disorders

• mu dan pi

  Heat in the Ying and Xue stages: high fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, a rash over the whole body, epistaxis and hemoptysis. Lingering Warm pathogen that has damaged Yin. Kidney Yin Deficiency with steaming bones

• xuan shen

  Heat patterns of Excess or Deficiency. Late-stage febrile disease with thirst, irritability and constipation. Sore, swollen throat, dry mouth and parched tongue where Kidney Yin is Deficient and Fire blazes. Swollen throat and lymph nodes

• bai mao gen

  Ying-stage Heat with fever, thirst, rashes and a scarlet tongue; cools the Blood, draws out toxins and eases searing Heat. Bleeding from Blood Heat. Yin injured by Heat. Low-grade fever that persists

• sheng ma

  Stops hemoptysis and hematemesis by cooling Heat in the Lungs and Stomach

• da huang

  Blazing Heart and Stomach Fire with hemoptysis and epistaxis. Deficiency Fire. Damaged Yin with dry, parched stools

• ce bai ye

  Bleeding of any kind from Blood Heat (short-term use only)

• huai niu xi

  Strongly clears Deficiency Fire blazing upward, with painful swollen gums, epistaxis, hematemesis and other bleeding in the upper body. Diabetes

• huang qin + huai hua (chao) + di yu + wu mei

  Gastrointestinal bleeding.

• huang qin + dang gui + ai ye + ce bai ye

  Excessive menstrual bleeding.

• mu dan pi + chi shao

  Purpura, or bleeding with blotches and maculae on the skin

• tian hua fen + huang lian + ou jie

  Lung Heat with irritability and thirst

• zhu ye (dan) + mu tang + gan cao

  Lin syndrome.

• xuan shen + pu gong ying + huang bai + zhi mu

  Toxic Heat Bi syndrome. Bi syndrome that consumes Yin

Dosage

Cautions

• contraindication Spleen deficiency with Damp, or accumulation of Damp or Phlegm-Damp; its cold, cloying nature weakens digestion and breeds Damp
• contraindication Loose stools with fullness, or diarrhea from Spleen and Stomach deficiency
• pregnancy Pregnancy with Blood deficiency or with Spleen and Stomach deficiency
• contraindication Yang deficiency
• caution Do not combine with iron preparations

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