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Blood-Cooling Rehmannia Decoction

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Blood-Cooling Rehmannia Decoction,It is the height of summer, when damp-heat is at its peak; pathogenic factors prevail while the body’s vital energy is weak, and intestinal dysentery is severe.

Formulas Name : Blood-Cooling Rehmannia Decoction

Chinese Name : 凉血地黄汤

Drug Formulation

Phellodendron bark (peeled, coarsely chopped, stir-fried) 1 qian; Anemarrhena rhizome (coarsely chopped, stir-fried) 1 qian; Green tangerine peel (with peel and pith intact) 5 fen; Sophora japonica seeds (stir-fried) 5 fen; Prepared Rehmannia root 5 fen; Angelica sinensis 5 fen.

Source

*Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Middle Volume.

Benefits

It is the height of summer, when damp-heat is at its peak; pathogenic factors prevail while the body’s vital energy is weak, and intestinal dysentery is severe.

Instructions for Use

Coarsely crush the ingredients and prepare as a single dose. Decoct with 1 zhan of water until reduced to 7 fen; strain and take while warm.

Blood-Cooling Rehmannia Decoction,*Treatise on the Spleen and Stomach*, Middle Volume.,It is the height of summer, when damp-heat is at its peak; pathogenic factors prevail while the body’s vital energy is weak, and intestinal dysentery is severe.

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