Description
Therapeutic Actions
- Rehmannia 8™ treats backache with numbness or cold legs, accompanied by impotence or premature ejaculation, ringing in the ears, general fatigue, frequent urination, and edema
- Treats problems associated with aging, glaucoma, forgetfulness, and atherosclerosis
Chinese Therapeutic Effects
Administration
Concentrated Extract 3 to 1
Internal: 3 tablets, TID, between meals
90 tablets, 650 mg, 10 day supply
Contraindications: Use cautiously in kidney yin deficiency with heat signs, i.e., hot hands and feet, afternoon fevers, night sweats
Ingredients
Rehmannia (cooked) root (shu di huang), Poria sclerotium (fu ling), Moutan root bark (mu dan pi), Dioscorea root (shan yao), Cornus fruit (shan zhu yu), Alisma rhizome (ze xie), Eucommia bark (du zhong), Cinnamon bark (rou gui)
Pinyin Reference: Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
Formula
Rehmannia 8 is based on the traditional formula Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan used to tonify the kidney qi and yang. Eucommia (du zhong) replaces aconite (fu zi) in this formula to make it less warming and to add a strengthening effect for the tendons, ligaments, and bones.
Rehmannia (shu di huang) nourishes the blood and replenishes the kidney. Poria (fu ling) tonifies the spleen and stomach and pacifies the heart. Moutan (mu dan pi) eliminates heat from the blood. Dioscorea (shan yao) strengthens the spleen and stomach. Cornus (shan zhu yu) nourishes liver and kidney yin, as well as treats aching back and knees, vertigo and impotence. Alisma (ze xie) resolves dampness and treats edema. Cinnamon bark (rou gui) warms the spleen and tonifies kidney yang.
Clinical Notes
- Japanese physicians use the traditional Rehmannia 8 formula for some cases of hypertension, cataracts, and diabetes
- The formula also tonifies the kidney yin and is useful when there are dual kidney yin and yang imbalances with kidney yang predominating
- See Health Concerns Newsletters: Vol. 9 No. 3 Can Herbs Help Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients? (Gaeddert); Vol. 10 No. 2 Herbal Back Pain Treatments (Gaeddert)
Additional Information
- See Backbone for kidney yang deficiency associated with back and spinal problems
- See OsteoHerbal for osteoporosis
- Virility Tabs is more warming than Rehmannia 8
- For chronic edema combine Rehmannia 8 and Drain Dampness (Wu Ling San) 2 tablets of each formula QID
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