Shu Di Huang
熟地黄 shú dì huáng, "cooked earth yellow"

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Sweet		Dosage: 9-30g

	Cautions: This is a very cloying and rich substance that readily leads to stagnation of dampness and impredes digestion. It is contraindicated in those with qi stagnation and profuse phlegm, fullness, and pain in the abdomen, reduced appetite, and diarrhea. See Toxicity.		Meridians: Heart , Liver , Kidney
	Preparation: Shu di huang is prepared by mixing sheng di huang with rice wine and steaming until the rots are black and moist, inside and out. The herbs are then dried in the sun.		Quality: Consists of large, thick, soft, sweet, and completely black roots.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (60) dū qì wān (Capital Qi Pill) ài fù nuǎn gōng wán (Mugwort and Prepared Aconite Pill for Warming the Womb) bā wèi dì huáng wán (Eight-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) bā xīan cháng shōu wán (Eight Immortal Pill for Longevity) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bā zhēn yì mǔ wán (Eight Treasure Pill to Benefit Mothers) bǎi hé gù jīn tāng (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal) bǔ fèi tāng (Tonify the Lungs Decoction) bǔ gān tāng (Tonify the Liver Decoction) chái hú sì wù tāng (Bupleurum and Four Substance Decoction) cháng níng tāng (Intestinal Serenity Decoction) dà bǔ yīn wán (Great Tonify the Yin Pill) dà bǔ yúan jiàn (Great Tonify the Basal Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) dāng guī dì huáng yǐn (Tangkuei and Rehmannia Decoction) dāng guī jī xùe téng tāng (Tangkuei and Jixueteng Decoction) dāng guī liù huáng tāng (Tangkuei and Six-yellow Decoction) dì huáng yǐn zǐ (Rehmannia Decoction) dīng xiāng jiāo ài tāng (Clove, Ass-Hide Gelatin, and Mugwort Decoction) ěr lóng zǔo cí wán (Pill for Deafness that is Kind to the Left (Kidney)) gān lù yǐn (Sweet Dew Decoction) gù běn zhǐ bēng tāng (Stabilize the Root and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction) gù yīn jiān (Stabilize the Yin Decoction) guò qī yǐn (Delayed Menstruation Decoction) hǔ qían wán (Hidden Tiger Pill) hǔ qían wàn modified (Hidden Tiger Pill from the Analytic Collection) jì shēng shèn qì wán (Kidney Qi Pill from Formulas to Aid the Living) jīa wèi lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Augmented Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) lìu wèi dì huáng wán (Six-Ingredient Pill with Rehmannia) míng mù dì huáng wán (Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia) qǐ jú dì huáng wán (Lycium Fruit, Chrysanthemum and Rehmannia Pill) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) sān huáng sì wù tāng (Three-Yellow and Four-Substance Decoction) shèng yù tāng (Sage-Like Healing Decoction) shí bǔ wán (Ten-Tonic Pill) shí hú yè guāng wán (Dendrobium Pill for Night Vision) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shí wèi wēn dǎn tāng (Ten-Ingredient Decoction to Warm the Gallbladder) shùn jīng tāng (Smooth the Menses Decoction) sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction) tài shān pán shí sǎn (Powder that Gives the Stability of Mount Tai) táo hóng sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction with Safflower and Peach ) wēn qīng yǐn (Warming and Clearing Decoction) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) yáng hé tāng (Yang-Heartening Decoction) yǎng xīn tāng (Nourish the Heart Decoction) yòu guī wán (Restore the Right (Kidney) Pill) yòu guī yǐn (Restore the Right Kidney Decoction) yù nǔ jiān (Jade Woman Decoction) yù zhú sǎn (Jade Candle Powder) yuè huá wán (Moonlight Pill) zàn yù dān (Special Pill to Aid Fertility) zhēn zhū mǔ wán (Mother of Pearl Pill) zhù jǐng wán (Preserve Vistas Pill) zǔo guī wán (Restore the Left (Kidney) Pill.) zǔo guī yǐn (Restore the Left (Kidney) Decoction)

Family:

Scrophulariaceae

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Rehmanniae Radix preparata

Botanical:

Japanese: jukujiō

Korean: sukjhwang

Common: cooked rehmannia root, prepared Chinese foxglove root

Temperature: Slightly Warm

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