The efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa, the raw material of this food, is rich in nutrition, but we don't know much about its other efficacy and function. It is rich in carbohydrates and has a very strong effect. Only by understanding itself can we make good use of its efficacy. The following are the functions and indications of Rehmannia glutinosa.
Efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa 1 has the effect of clearing away heat and cooling blood, and is used to treat febrile diseases such as heat entering the blood, fainting due to excessive heat, dry mouth and red tongue. Such as Qingying soup.
Treatment of fever in the late stage, residual heat is not exhausted, vaginal fluid has been injured, night heat and early cold, red tongue and rapid pulse, such as Artemisia annua Biejia Decoction.
It can be used for treating fever, such as heat entering the blood, toxic blood heat, hematemesis and epistaxis, macula and purplish black. Such as sisheng pills;
The effect of nourishing yin and promoting fluid production is used to relieve thirst caused by internal heat. It can be used for treating yin injury caused by fever and constipation caused by intestinal dryness, such as zengye decoction.
Sexual taste orientation
Rehmannia glutinosa tastes sweet, bitter and cold. Heart, liver and lung meridians.
Function of rehmannia glutinosa
Rehmannia glutinosa contains effective component (R-BP-F), which is proved to be effective in lowering blood sugar in diabetic patients by experimental research.
Rehmannia glutinosa also has hemostatic effect. Experimental research shows that Rehmannia glutinosa can shorten the time required for blood coagulation, thus achieving the effect of hemostasis.
Rehmannia glutinosa has the effects of inhibiting platelet aggregation and antithrombin, thus producing anticoagulant effect in blood vessels;
It can treat hepatitis, and Radix Rehmanniae can be taken together with Radix Glycyrrhizae. Clinical practice has proved that it has the effect of treating hepatitis.
Efficacy and function of Rehmannia glutinosa, its function and indications II. The taboo of rehmannia glutinosa.
Generally speaking, rehmannia glutinosa is used as Chinese medicine decoction, and the dosage is 10 to 30 grams, and the dosage of fresh rehmannia glutinosa will be doubled. However, it should be noted that fresh rehmannia is cold, and people with spleen deficiency and dampness resistance cannot use it.
Cold, so people with damp-heat and yang deficiency in the spleen and stomach should avoid eating raw land. On Can of Lei Gong: Don't commit the crime of copper and iron, it will make people's kidneys disappear and their hair turn white, which will damage Wei Rong. Rehmannia glutinosa is cold and stagnant, which will affect the digestion and absorption function of the spleen and stomach, so it is not suitable for people with spleen and stomach deficiency (weakness), thin stool, chest tightness, eating less, and qi stagnation and phlegm.
On medicinal properties: avoid three whites, that is, radix rehmanniae mixed with radish, onion and Allium macrostemon.
The difference between Rehmannia glutinosa and Rehmannia glutinosa
Rehmannia glutinosa, a traditional Chinese medicine, is the rhizome of Scrophulariaceae, which is dried in the sun to form Rehmannia glutinosa. Rehmannia glutinosa is made of Amomum villosum, wine and dried tangerine peel, and dried repeatedly until the color turns black and the texture becomes soft. Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae have different pharmacological effects, so the two drugs must not be used interchangeably.
1, shape difference
glutinous rehmannia
Most of them are irregular, fast-shaped or rectangular, the middle is swollen, and the two sections are slightly thinner, with a length of 6~ 12cm and a diameter of 3~6cm. Some are thin and long, slightly flat and curved. The surface is brownish black or brownish gray, extremely shriveled, with irregular transverse curves.
Weight, soft and tough, not easy to break, dark brown or dark black, shiny and sticky. It tastes a little sweet.
Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata
It is irregular fragments and fragments of different sizes and thicknesses. The surface is dark black, shiny and sticky. Soft and tough, not easy to break, dark end face, shiny and sweet.
2. Differences in efficacy
Rehmannia glutinosa: cold in nature, it has the functions of cooling blood, nourishing yin and tonifying kidney, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It is often used to treat diseases such as heat entering blood, bone steaming injury, dry throat pain and blood in phlegm. Liuwei Dihuang Pill takes Radix Rehmanniae as the main raw material, which is a famous prescription for tonifying kidney in past dynasties. It is also commonly used to treat chronic nephritis, hypertension, neurasthenia, tuberculosis and other diseases.
Rehmannia glutinosa: it is warm in nature and has changed in function. It is a medicine for enriching blood. The compatibility of Angelica sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Chuanxiong is a famous "Siwu Decoction", which is often used to treat blood deficiency.
Radix Rehmanniae Preparata and Radix Paeoniae Alba can nourish the liver, Semen Platycladi can nourish the heart, Arillus Longan can replenish the spleen, and Herba Ephedrae can promote blood circulation. But Rehmannia glutinosa nourishes the spleen, which hinders digestion. Therefore, people with spleen deficiency should eat less, and people with full stomachs in loose stool should not take it.
Therefore, there are still some differences between Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Rehmanniae. Whether it is appearance or efficacy, you must pay more attention when buying.