Latin Name: Radix Rehmanniae Glutinosae

Properties: sweet, bitter, cold

Actions: clears heat, cools blood, generates fluids, nourishes Yin, cools ascending heart fire

Medical Indications: high fever, thirst, scarlet tongue, hemorhage, epistaxis, bloody urine, bloody sputum, uterine bleeding, throat pain, dry mough, constipation, wasting and thirsting disorder, restlessness, irritability, insomnia, mouth and tongue sores

Contraindications: not to be used in cases of spleen and stomach deficiency with diarrhea or losse stool, and dampness, not to be used in cases of Yang deficiency, not to be used in pregnant women with blood deficiency

Dosage: 9 to 30 grams

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