Description:

原个大生地 生地黃 L（16 oz/包）

性味

味甘；苦；微寒

功效

为玄参科植物地黄的块根。用于热病烦渴，内热消渴，骨蒸劳热，温病发斑，血热所致的吐血，崩漏，尿血，便血，血虚萎黄，眩晕心悸，血少经闭。

经脉

归心经；肝经；肾经

主治

滋阴清热，凉血补血。主热病烦渴，内热消渴，骨蒸劳热，温病发斑，血热所致的吐血，崩漏，尿血，便血，血虚萎黄，眩晕心悸，血少经闭。

用法用量

• 内服：煎汤，10~15g，大剂量可用至30g；赤可熬膏或入丸、散；或浸润后捣绞汁饮。
• 外用：适量，捣敷。

注意禁忌

脾虚泄泻、胃虚食少、胸膈多痰者慎服。

Drying Rehmannia Root /Sheng Di (16 oz/Bag)

Rehmannia is commonly found in herbal combinations used in Traditional Chinese Medicine. Rehmannia is used for diabetes, metabolic syndrome, obesity, kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), "tired blood" (anemia), fever, weakened bones (osteoporosis), rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and allergies. (webMD.com)

This is raw, unprocessed rehmannia, sheng di huang, is energetically cold, sweet, and bitter. It works in the heart, kidney, and liver channels. ... It also works in the heart, kidney, and liver channels, and is said to tonify the blood and nourish the yin. . .There are two preparations: raw rehmannia, called Sheng Di Huang, and prepared rehmannia, called Shu Di Huang. Both raw and prepared rehmannia nourish yin and blood; however, the raw sheng di huang is used more to dissipate heat, allowing the body to generate more fluids, while the prepared shu di huang is used more to nourish the body when deficiencies of yin qualities of cool and moist result in too much heat or dryness in the system. https://ndnr.com/botanical-medicine/an-herb-for-our-yin-deficient-world/

The taste is sweet, bitter and it is slightly cold in effect [anti-inflammatory] It is the root tuber of Scrophulariaceae plant Rehmannia glutinosa. It is used for fever polydipsia, internal heat diminishment, bone steaming and labor [inflammatory and rheumatoid arthritis], febrile disease spots [rash], hematemesis, uterine bleeding, hematuria, blood in the stool caused by blood heat, blood deficiency and chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, blood loss and amenorrhea. 

It enters Guixin [Lu 9 acupuncture pt], Liver and Kidney meridians. Indications: Nourishes yin and clears away heat, cools and nourishes blood. 

Dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 10~15g, large doses can be up to 30g; Or can boil ointment or pill or powder, or mash and drink after infiltration.     

External use: appropriate amount, pound and apply. 

Cautions: Patients with spleen deficiency and diarrhea, stomach deficiency, poor appetite, and thoracic and diaphragmatic sputum should use caution.