The effects of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata with Sour Date Seed are nourishing Yin and Blood, nourishing Liver and Blood, filling the marrow (replenishing essence and semen and promoting bone marrow development), and generating fluids and astringing sweat.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata is mildly warm in nature with a sweet flavor, and belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. Its main effects are nourishing yin and tonifying blood (nourishing the blood in the body), filling the marrow and benefiting the essence. It is mainly used in treating signs of yin deficiency of the liver and kidney (deficiency of yin in the liver and kidneys), lumbar and knee soreness and weakness (a feeling of soreness and weakness of the lumbar and knees), bone vapor and laborious heat, night sweating (abnormal sweating after falling asleep and stopping sweating after waking up), and spermatorrhea.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata is also used in the treatment of internal heat and thirst (internal heat accompanied by symptoms such as excessive eating, drinking and urination), atrophy caused by blood deficiency, palpitations (rapid heartbeat, often accompanied by panic), dizziness (violent heartbeat, panic), menstrual disorders, and metrorrhagia (menstrual bleeding in excessive or spotty amounts).
Its adverse effects have not been precisely documented, and it is contraindicated for people with weak spleen and stomach, stagnant qi and phlegm, and abdominal fullness and loose stools (thin and unformed feces).
Sour jujube nut is flat in nature, sour and sweet in taste, and belongs to the liver, gallbladder and heart meridians. Its main effects are tonifying the liver, tranquilizing the heart, generating body fluid and restraining perspiration. It is mainly used in treating insomnia due to deficiency and heat disturbance, palpitations, excessive dreaming, excessive sweating due to body weakness, and wounding of body fluid and thirst. Adverse effects have not been precisely documented, and caution should be exercised when there is solid evil and fire, as well as for those suffering from slippery ejaculation.
There is no contraindication to the use of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata plus Acid Ziziphi Kernel. Combined, it can nourish yin and blood, nourish liver and blood, and calm the nerves.
If you need to use Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata and Radix Jujubae Japonica, it is recommended to choose under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and not to buy the medicine blindly on your own, in order to avoid the medication not being right for the patient, which will affect the efficacy.