Raw Rehmannia and Yuju Decoction

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Raw Rehmannia and Yuju Decoction

Chinese Name: 生地黄榆汁

Formula

50 grams of honey, 10 grams of raw Rehmannia root, 10 grams of charred Di Yu, 10 grams of charred Platycladus, and 10 grams of charred Angelica

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Place the last four ingredients in a pot, add an appropriate amount of water, and simmer for 30 minutes. Strain out the solids, let the liquid cool, then stir in honey to complete the preparation

Efficacy

Clears heat, cools the blood, and stops bleeding. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with bloody stools

Usage

Take in 2 doses; consume 1 dose per day. One week constitutes one treatment course

Commentary

Raw Rehmannia root (Sheng-di) acts as the chief herb. Sweet, bitter-cold in property, it channels into the Heart, Liver, Kidney meridians, and works to clear heat, cool blood, nourish yin and generate fluids. Charred Di Yu (Di-yu-tan) joins as the supporting deputy, bitter, sour, astringent-slightly cold in property, acting through the Liver, Large Intestine meridians to cool blood, stop bleeding and remove toxins. Charred Platycladus (Ce-bai-tan) add further support, working to cool blood, stop bleeding and dissolve phlegm. Assisting the core, charred Angelica (Dang-gui-tan) adds as an assistant element, helping to nourish blood and stop bleeding. Honey (Feng-mi) rounds out the formula as the harmonizing herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. In sum, the prescription clear heat, cool the blood, stop bleeding, aimed squarely at the blood pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Raw Rehmannia and Yuju Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat, cools the blood, and stops bleeding. Mainly used to treat hemorrhoids with bloody stools

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