These two herbs are too similar in their effects.

Rehmannia

Rehmannia, sweet in flavor and warm in nature, belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. It is often referred to as ripened dihuang, which is a good Chinese herb that nourishes yin and replenishes blood. It is also a component of the classic formulae such as the Six-flavored Dihuang Pill and the Four Substances Soup, which are very suitable for blood deficiency and yin deficiency of the liver and kidneys, and have been used since ancient times to nourish the blood and tonify the yin in the kidneys.

Composition of Radix Rehmanniae

Rhizoma Rehmanniae, together with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong, is used in Four Substances Soup, which is effective in the treatment of blood deficiency and yellowish color, dizziness, as well as menstrual disorders and dislocation of menstruation, and leakage of blood from crashing. Used together with six herbs such as yam and cornelian, it is used for all kinds of kidney yin deficiency causing dizziness, lumbar and knee soreness, tinnitus, etc. It is very good at nourishing kidney yin.

Shouwu

Shouwu, also known as He Shouwu, is divided into raw shouwu and made shouwu. Shouwu is mildly warm, sweet and bitter, and belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. After the preparation, it has the effect of tonifying the liver and kidney, benefiting the essence and blood, and making the beard and hair black. The toxicity of the preparation has been reduced, but it is still hepatotoxic. In the picture below is the preparation of Shouwu, is not a little bit similar to the cooked ground, are black.

Small search, containing the production of Shouwu Chinese patent medicine is more, about 300 kinds of, this is with the frequent He Shouwu liver injury is related to, I also do not know. But He Shouwu to liver injury can not be ignored.

He shouwu to liver damage can not be ignored

Currently because of the indiscriminate use or abuse of medicines containing he shouwu and lead to liver function damage in countless cases. Most of them are due to the effect of the hair, caused by the abuse of the Shouwu, but also caused a large number of cases of liver damage. The dosage of Shouwu is also by no means a safe dosage and varies from person to person. Therefore, it is not recommended to use Shouwu on its own.

The difference between the use of the cooked ground and the shouwu

The above analysis shows that the two effects are very similar, and the potency of the drug is also similar. However, there is a difference, although the ripe land is also tonic to the liver and kidney, but it is more important to tonify the kidney yin, and harmonize the camp blood. Shouwu, on the other hand, mainly passes through the liver, or can be called the yang drug in the yin.

Successive generations of medical books on the shouwu appreciated good, are considered shouwu in the nourishing blood and liver, solid essence of the kidney and other nourishing aspects to be stronger than the ripened earth. But with the modern medical research, but found that the shouwu hepatotoxicity is very strong.

Dr. No Medicine

Dr. No Medicine is an associate pharmacist and senior dietitian with 11 years of experience in medication guidance, nutritional counseling and health management. Dr. No Medicine advocates healthy living, no sickness, no medicine!