What are the effects and effects of Radix Rehmanniae? What's the difference between Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae?

Rehmannia glutinosa is a common medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine, most traditional Chinese medicines contain its ingredients, and Rehmannia glutinosa is divided into fresh Rehmannia, raw Rehmannia and cooked Rehmannia, according to different processing, the use is also different. What are the effects and effects of Rehmannia glutinosa? What are the differences between Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae?

1. Brief introduction of Rehmannia glutinosa

Rehmannia glutinosa, also known as benzyl, Rehmannia and raw land, is a perennial herb of Scrophulariaceae, while the root tuber of Radix Rehmanniae is one of the traditional Chinese medicines. It is excavated in autumn to remove Reed head, fibrous root and sediment, and is used fresh or processed. It was first published in the Classic of Shennong Materia Medica. According to the processing method, it can be divided into fresh Rehmannia, dried Rehmannia and cooked Rehmannia.

The plant height of Rehmannia glutinosa is 15ml / 30cm, and it blossoms in early summer, with a large number of flowers and light reddish purple; it is mainly produced in northern China, and it is most famous in Jiaozuo City, Henan Province, such as Wen County, Boai County, Wuyi County and so on. Jiaozuo City was Huaiqing House in ancient times, so the Rehmannia glutinosa produced in the region has the best efficacy and is well-known as "Huaiqing Rehmannia".

Second, the efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa

Rehmannia glutinosa according to different processing, taste, use is also different, mainly divided into fresh Rehmannia glutinosa, raw Rehmannia glutinosa and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa.

1. The function of fresh Rehmannia glutinosa: clearing heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting fluid

The fresh tuber root of plant Rehmannia glutinosa, which tastes sweet, bitter and cold, has the characteristics of clearing away heat and cooling blood, nourishing yin and promoting fluid for vomiting bleeding and hair spots due to febrile disease or heat toxin, which can clear fire, relieve fever, cool blood and stop bleeding.

2. The function of Radix Rehmanniae: nourishing yin and eliminating thirst

The dried root of plant Rehmannia glutinosa, which tastes sweet, bitter and slightly cold, can nourish yin and cool blood, treat thirst, febrile disease, and treat internal heat due to yin deficiency, insomnia and menorrhagia.

3. The function of cooked Rehmannia glutinosa: nourishing and tonifying blood

Rehmannia glutinosa, which is processed and steamed, is called cooked Rehmannia, mild in nature, sweet in taste, returning to the liver and kidney meridians, used for tonifying blood and nourishing yin (especially kidney yin), tonifying essence and filling pulp, mainly treating kidney deficiency and yin deficiency, dizziness, irregular menstruation, palpitation and insomnia, lumbar acid, spermatorrhea, metrorrhagia and so on. The famous Siwu decoction is treated with cooked Rehmannia glutinosa; unless there is blood heat or fever, dry ground is used instead.

III. Usage and dosage of Rehmannia glutinosa

1. Oral administration: fried soup, 10-30g; make juice or boil ointment.

2. External use: appropriate amount, smash and apply; or apply with juice; avoid taking Rehmannia glutinosa if there is dampness in spleen and stomach and yang deficiency

IV. Taboo crowd of Rehmannia glutinosa

1, raw Rehmannia: raw Rehmannia cold, spleen deficiency diarrhea, stomach deficiency to eat less food; stomach full stool, cold physique people also try not to eat.

2. Rehmannia glutinosa: for those who suffer from excessive phlegm, abdominal distension and diarrhea, do not take Radix Rehmanniae, which will hinder digestion; reuse for a long time should be used with tangerine peel and Amomum villosum to avoid sticky and greasy obstruction to the stomach.

3. Rehmannia glutinosa should not be taken with radish, scallion, leek and Allium macrostemon.

5. The difference between Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae

Many people do not know the difference between raw Rehmannia glutinosa and cooked Rehmannia glutinosa. Although they are both Rehmannia glutinosa, as a traditional Chinese medicine, there are still differences in the shape and nature of the two drugs. There are three major differences:

Shape color

Meridian tropism of nature and taste

Efficacy effect

1, raw Rehmannia glutinosa: the color is brown-gray or brown-black, hard, not easy to break, raw meat is brown-black or black, slightly sweet; the shape is mostly irregular lumps or oblong.

2. Cooked Rehmannia glutinosa: processed for living Rehmannia glutinosa, the color is black, shiny, soft and tough; most of the pieces and fragments are irregular in shape and vary in size and thickness.

1. Raw Rehmannia glutinosa tastes sweet and cold, returning to the heart, liver and kidney meridians.

2. After processing and steaming, the properties of cooked Rehmannia glutinosa changed. It was slightly warm, tasted sweet, and returned to the liver and kidney meridians.

1. Raw Rehmannia glutinosa: clearing heat and promoting fluid, cooling blood to stop bleeding; often used for febrile disease, heat into camp blood, strong heat, dizziness, dry mouth and tongue.

2. Radix Rehmanniae: tonifying blood and nourishing yin, filling essence and tonifying marrow; suitable for blood deficiency and yellowing, vertigo, palpitation, insomnia, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia, hot flashes, night sweats, spermatorrhea, thirst, etc.

Conclusion: the above is the introduction of the efficacy of Rehmannia glutinosa. I believe we all have a certain understanding and understanding. I would like to remind you to consult your doctor's advice when eating Radix Rehmanniae, and Rehmannia glutinosa can not be eaten directly. It can be eaten in soaking water, boiling soup or decocting medicine.