The herb “Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata” (熟地), known as “Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata” (熟地黄), is used to nourish blood and nourish yin, and to benefit the essence and marrow (to replenish the body’s essence and promote the development of the bone marrow).
Rehmannia glutinosa can nourish the blood and nourish deficiency, and is used in the treatment of blood deficiency, including dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, irregular menstruation, palpitations and palpitations with anxiety (intense heartbeat and panic), pale claws and nails, pale tongue, thin white moss, and weak pulse.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata can also nourish the kidney yin, benefit the essence and fill the marrow, and can be used to treat deficiency of liver and kidney yin, such as lumbar and knee soreness and weakness, tinnitus, deafness, night sweating, spermatorrhea, five latenesses and five softnesses (five latenesses refer to lateness of standing up, lateness of walking, lateness of speaking, lateness of hair and lateness of teeth, and five softnesses refer to softness of the head and neck, softness of the mouth, softness of the hand, softness of the foot and softness of the muscles), and premature whitening of the beard and the hair, and other diseases.
In addition, charcoal of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata has the efficacy and effect of stopping bleeding, and can be used to treat blood deficiency and bleeding conditions such as metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling).
The adverse effects of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata have not been clarified, but the sticky nature of this product makes it contraindicated for those with stagnation of qi and phlegm, distension and pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), and loose stools with little food, and if there is any discomfort, the drug should be used under the guidance of a physician.