Sheng Di Huang

Rehmanniae Glutinosae, Radix

Properties: SWEET, BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 9-30g.
Meridian: HEART, KIDNEY, LIVER

-clear heat, cool blood – high fever, thirst, scarlet tongue
-nourish yin, generate fluids
–dry mouth, constipation
-cools ascending heart fire –cankers, irritability, insomnia, malar flush
-wasting thirst disorder

Reference
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press