SUN TEN Quarterly Newsletter Summer 2012: The Correct and Most Suitable Medicinal Herbs - Cooked Rehmannia


 

The Correct and Most Suitable Medicinal Herbs: Cooked Rehmannia

 

by Brion Research Institute of Taiwan


1. Botanical Name: Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz

2. Chinese Name: 熟地黃 (Shu Di Huang)

3. English Name: Processed Rehmannia Root

4. Source: Dried root of Rehmannia glutinosa Liboschitz of the Scrophulariaceae family.

 

 

Raw Herb Materials Description

Irregular chucks. It has a dark black color both inside and outside. Its surface is shiny, wrinkled, and unsmooth. The cross section is moist, shiny greasy lumps can be seen in the center, highly viscous, and has a soft texture. It has a fragrant smell and sweet taste.

 

Histological Identification

Transection of the Root: The phellem has several rows of cork cells. The parenchyma cells in the cortex are loosely lined up; many secretory cells are scattered throughout, which has orange yellow color oil droplets; sclereids are seen occasionally. There are fewer secretory cells in the phloem. The phellogen is circular. The xylem rays are wide and have scattered vessels in radial array.

 

Sun Ten Top 10 Cooked Rehmannia (Shu Di Huang) Products

Code

Chinese Name

Pin-Yin Name

English Name

0408

六味地黃丸

Liu Wei Di Huang Wan

Rehmannia Six Formula

0409

天王補心丹

Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan

Ginseng & Zizyphus Formula

0210

八味地黃丸

Ba Wei Di Huang Wan

Rehmannia Eight Formula

0512

甘露飲

Gan Lu Yin

Sweet Combination

0805

柏地黃丸

Zhi Bo Di Huang Wan

Anemarrhena, Phellodendron & Rehmannia Formula

1025

桃紅四物湯

Tao Hong Si Wu Tang

Persica, Carthamus & Dang Gui Four Combination

0712

杞菊地黃丸

Qi Ju Di Huang Wan

Lycium, Chrysanthemum & Rehmannia Formula

0205

人參養榮湯

Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang

Ginseng Nutritive Combination

0209

八珍湯

Ba Zhen Tang

Dang Gui & Ginseng Eight Combination

0215

十全大補湯

Shi Quan Da Bu Tang

Ginseng & Dang Gui Ten Combination

 

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