All Common Herbs

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that drain downwards", included in "Purgatives", bitter, cold Rheum palmatum enters the Heart, Large intestine, Liver and Stomach channels. It drains Heat and purges Fire, relaxes the bowels, transforms Dampness, cools and invigorates the Blood and dispels Blood stasis. General: For the treatment of constipation due to excess Heat, delirium and restlessness, tenesmus due to diarrhoea, red eyes, mouth ulcers, swollen and painful gums, expectoration of blood, nosebleed, amenorrhoea due to Blood stasis, postpartum Blood stasis, jaundice, acute urinary …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that clear Heat" in "Herbs that cool the Blood", sweet, bitter, cold Rehmannia glutinosa enters the Heart, Kidney and Liver channels. It nourishes the Yin and moistens dryness, cools the Blood and clears Heat. General: For the treatment of hot pathogenic diseases with high fever and thirst, bleeding and rashes from Heat in the Blood, low grade Yin deficiency fever with dry mouth and constipation, Yin deficiency flushing, For more information, see Rehmannia glutinosa, prepared root. …

TCM: Listed under "Herbs that tonify" in "Herbs that tonify the Blood", sweet, slightly warm Rehmannia glutinosa, prepared root enters the Heart, Kidney and Liver channels. It nourishes the Yin and Blood, generates Essence and promotes the production of body fluids. General: for the treatment of dizziness, insomnia, irregular menstruation and palpitations from Blood deficiency; tinnitus, weak sore lower back, forgetfulness, night sweats with Yin deficiency, diabetes and gynaecological disorders. History   The first extant text in which there is reference to Rehmannia glutinosa is the “Divine …

Sweet, acrid and cool, Pueraria enters the Spleen and Stomach channels. It discharges exterior conditions to reduce fever and release the muscles (headache, stiff neck) ; relieves heat and generates fluids (stops thirst), expresses the rash of measles, raises the Yang and stops diarrhoea.  The raw herb is used for relieving fever and the processed for alleviating diarrhoea. History The first known record of Pueraria lobata  as a medicinal herb was in"Divine Husbandman's Clasic of the Materia Medica" (Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing) written by an unknown …