Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata can be combined with some medicines with spleen-healthy effects, such as lotus seed and Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, to protect the spleen and stomach. However, the specific medication should be decided by the doctor according to the patient’s condition.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (熟地黄)：Mainly used for treating blood deficiency and atrophy, irregular menstruation, metrorrhagia (excessive menstrual flow or spotting of menstruation) with hemorrhage, deficiency of kidney yin, lumbar and knee soreness (feeling of soreness and weakness of waist and knees), night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep and stopping of sweating after waking up), and so on. It is contraindicated for those with stagnant qi and phlegm, distension and pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), and loose food (thin and unformed feces).
Lotus seed: the main treatment for spleen deficiency and prolonged diarrhea, loss of appetite, lack of kidney qi, jingguan not solid (kidney deficiency, the kidney can not hide the essence) of spermatorrhea and spermatorrhea, or the heart and kidneys do not communicate with the heart and kidneys (heart fire, kidney yin deficiency, the physiological dysfunction of the heart and kidneys) of the urine white cloudy (cloudy urine such as white slurry), dreaming and spermatorrhea, and so on. It is forbidden to be taken by those who have fullness of plumpness and distension in the middle and those who have dryness and knotting of stools.
Atractylodes macrocephala: It is used for treating weakness of spleen qi (weakness of spleen qi), stagnation of spleen qi, deficiency of spleen, phlegm (pathological product of impaired metabolism of water and liquid), sweating due to lack of solidity of the muscle surface, and restlessness of the fetus. It should be used with caution in cases of Yin deficiency with heat and dryness-heat injuring the body fluid.
If medication is needed, it should be diagnosed by a doctor and regulated according to the doctor’s instructions.