Pharmaceutical name: Radix Rehmammiae Glutinosae
Botanical name: Rehmannia glutinosa
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Common name: Chinese foxglove root, rehmannia (fresh)
Properties: Sweet, bitter, cold
Channels entered: Heart, Kidney, Spleen
Part used: Root

Actions & Indications: Nourishes Kidney Yin, clears Heat, subdues deficiency fire
Blood deficiency, dizziness, blurred vision, palpitation, insomnia,irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis. Tidal fever, night sweats, seminal emission, and diabetes due to deficiency ofthe kidney-yin. Dizziness, blurred vision,tinnitus, deafness and premature grey hair due to deficiency ofthe vital essence and blood.

Cautions & Contraindications: Contraindicationed in cases of Spleen deficiency with dampness, yang deficiency and in pregnant women with blood deficiency or Spleen or Stomach deficiency.

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