Wu Wenbo, Shijiazhuang Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hebei Province

Summary of Rehmannia glutinosa medicinal pairs

Aconite - Rehmannia glutinosa; Gypsum - Rehmannia glutinosa; Rehmannia glutinosa - Ephedra; Rehmannia glutinosa - - Angelica sinensis; Rehmannia glutinosa - Amomum villosum; Rehmannia glutinosa - Keel; Rehmannia glutinosa - magnet; Rehmannia glutinosa - Cornus officinalis; Cuscuta seed - Rehmannia glutinosa; Poguzhi (psoralen) - Rehmannia glutinosa; Ginseng - Rehmannia glutinosa; Guixin ——Rehmannia glutinosa; Agarwood—Rehmannia glutinosa; Rehmannia glutinosa—Rehmannia glutinosa.

Poguzhi (Psoralen) - the meaning of Rehmannia glutinosa

Poguzhi (Psoralea) has a pungent, slightly bitter and warm taste. It mainly enters the kidney meridian and has the following functions: It has the effect of replenishing fire and yang, strengthening the waist and knees, and is mostly used for cold pain in the waist and knees due to insufficient kidney yang and deficiency and coldness of lower yuan. At the same time, Poguzhi also has the effect of astringing and firming astringency, consolidating essence and shrinking urine, and is often used for lower yuan. It does not cure all syndromes; in addition, the broken paper also enters the spleen meridian, which has the function of tonifying fire, warming the spleen and stopping diarrhea. It is mostly used for diarrhea caused by spleen and kidney yang deficiency. Rehmannia glutinosa is sweet and thick in taste, slightly warm in nature, and soft in texture. It mainly enters the liver and kidney meridian. It has good functions of nourishing blood and yin, replenishing essence and replenishing marrow. It is an important medicine for nourishing liver and kidney yin and blood.

Significance: Fu Qingzhu, a famous doctor in the Qing Dynasty, liked to use a large amount of Rehmannia glutinosa and psoralen to nourish the water and fire in the kidneys, strengthen the kidneys, relieve Qi and relieve asthma. At the same time, it reduces the dryness of psoralen.

Poguzhi (Psoralen) combined with Rehmannia glutinosa prescription

1. Banlong Pill "Medical True Story" Volume 3

Instructions for taking: Deer Antler Glue (fried into beads), antler cream, dodder seeds (soaked in wine and ground finely), cypress kernels (take the kernels and washed), 250 grams each of Rehmannia glutinosa, and 120 grams each of white Poria and psoralen. Grind the medicine into fine powder, boil rice paste with wine and make pills, or use deer antler glue and good wine to make pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 50 pills each time, take it with ginger and salt soup on an empty stomach.

Functions and Indications: Warming and tonifying Yuanyang, prolonging life. It is mainly used to treat insufficient true yang, waist and knee pain, impotence and premature ejaculation, or increased urination, tinnitus, physical fatigue and upset, or yang deficiency in old age, frequent chills, and weak energy.

2. Ginseng Rong Tablets "Jilin Provincial Provisional Standards for Chinese Patent Medicines"

Instructions: Rehmannia glutinosa 400g, Angelica sinensis 320g, Chinese yam 320g, Poria cocos 200g, Atractylodes stir-fried 200g, Achyranthes bidentata 200g, wolfberry 200g, salt psoralen 200g, polygala 120g, cypress kernel cream 120g, fried jujube kernel 120g, ginseng 120g, velvet antler 120g, licorice 120g, cinnamon 80g, tangerine peel 80g, amber 80g. Grind ginseng, velvet antler, amber, yam, angelica, atractylodes, tangerine peel, cinnamon, and poria into fine powder, mix with jujube kernel and cypress kernel cream, and grind finely. Chop the remaining 6 flavors including Rehmannia glutinosa into pieces, decoct them three times, filter the liquid in batches, and concentrate it into a paste. Mix the medicinal powder and concentrated ointment evenly, dry, crush, pass through a 100-mesh sieve, add an appropriate amount of yellow dextrin, mix evenly and press into tablets. Take 5 tablets each time with warm water. 2-3 times a day.

Functions and Indications: Replenishing qi and nourishing blood, strengthening yang and nourishing kidneys. It mainly refers to deficiency of both Qi and blood, kidney deficiency and Yang deficiency, soreness in waist and legs, palpitations and dreams.