Six Flavor Rehmannia tea / Liu Wei Di Huang Soup

六味地黄汤剂（4oz）

Relax and Thrive / Six Flavor Rehmannia tea / Liu Wei Di Huang Soup 

What it is: Dried Chinese medicinal roots, tubers, yam, and a medicinal diuretic mushroom to be cooked as a blood tonic that relaxes tension, reduces low back pain, chronic fatigue due to blood deficiency or hormonal issues

Which health concerns does it address?
Facial pallor, blood deficiency, overwork, stiff muscles, night sweats, menopausal hot flashes, premature ejeculation, chronic thirst, diabetes

Key Benefits
The herbs support healthy blood, liver, kidney, and brain in order to help us adapt to stress and reverse abuses resulting from drugs, smoking, pollution, anxiety, and other issues of aging. It reduces inflammation and dryness without using strong anti-inflammatory herbs. It protects against water buildup (edema) by combining moistening, rejuvenating rehmannia with a kidney tonic, a wild cherry, and two mild diuretics water plantain and poria, fu ling

TCM Benefits
It supports yin with moistening, blood enhancing herbs. It supports rejuvenating moisture for dry brittle hair, wrinkled skin and stress-related issues. It has been used to relax tense muscles, frayed nerves, and aching back. It lubricates dry mouth, thirst, dry cough, it slows premature aging and helps correct ruined taste buds from smoking. It improves internal moisture balance to correct chronic sparse dark urine, constipation. 

The brew tastes rich, semi-sweet, and tangy. It makes a nice comforting beverage to build blood between menstrual periods and to pick up anyone’s energy that is depleted by work or bad habits. 

Directions:
The Traditional method: Add five bowls of water. Boil five bowls of water to make one bowl, then filter and take the soup between meals. The amount of water due to cooking time directly affects the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicines, so long cooking to make a water extract gives the strongest results. It can be slow cooked on low heat overnight in a crock pot. 

Suggestions:
This mixture also may be simmered for up to 15- 30 minutes to make a pleasant beverage elixir. The herbs may be cooked several times and the liquid stored in the refrigerator for up to three days. If you are using this formula to regulate menstruation or prepare for pregnancy, drink it as needed between periods. Use caution or avoid this tea if you are pregnant. Post-menopausal women often enjoy it as a beauty tonic. Since it affects our deep resources of vitality it may enhance peaceful sleep and dreams.

Ingredients: 

• Radix dioscoreae - Chinese wild yam, known to be helpful for hormone balance
• Fructus Corni - Cornelian cherry, an adrenal tonic used for rejuvenation, and energy
• Cortex Moutan - enhances circulation 
• Rehmannia, Root Tuber - the main blood-building herb in the formula, has been known to help with regulating diabetes and hypertension. 
• Oriental Water plantain Rhizome and Poria, a medicinal mushroom- these are gentle diuretics 

Please consult your physician before using this product.