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title: "Shu Di Huang"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/596/shu-di-huang"
---

 ![shu di huang. rehmanniae radix preparata.jpg](/u/shu-di-huang-rehmanniae-radix-preparata-TPCcNS.jpg) 

# Shu Di Huang

### Rhemanniae Radix preparata

_sweet, slightly warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Tonify Blood**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Pale face
- Dizziness
- Uterine bleeding
- Insomnia
- Palpitations
- Postpartum bleeding
- Irregular menstruation
- Low back pain
- Tidal fever
- Night sweats
- Nocturnal emissions
- Dysglycemia
- Poor childhood development
- Premature aging
- Cognitive decline
- Grey hair
- Erectile dysfunction
- Poor memory

Shu Di Huang is sweet and slightly warm. It enters the heart,
kidney, and liver systems to tonify the blood and nourish the
essence.
Shu Di Huang is a very important herb for building blood to treat
subclinical anemia.

Shu Di Huang is also very important in treating dysfunctions of
the endocrine system especially related to sex hormone
production through the adrenal glands. This allows it to treat
perimenopausal and andropausal complaints such as low libido,
weight gain, hot flash, fatigue, and erectile dysfunction.

**Channels:** liver, heart, kidney

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
Dysglycemia
Anemia
Fatigue
Menopausal symptoms
Adrenal gland dysfunction
o Orthostatic hypotension
Low libido
Fever
Asthma
Bleeding disorders
Dyslipidemia

**Formulas:**
- Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan
- Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan
- Ba Zhen Tang
- Bai He Gu Jin Tang
- Bao Yin Jian
- Bu Fei Tang
- Bu Gan Tang
- Bu Shen Gu Chong Wan
- Da Bu Yin Wan
- Da Qin Jiao Tang
- Da Ying Jian
- Dang Gui Di Huang Yin
- Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang
- Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
- Di Huang Yin Zi
- Ding Jing Tang
- Du Qi Wan
- Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
- Gu Ben Zhi Beng Tang
- Hu Qian Wan
- Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan
- Jiao Ai Tang
- Jing Qian Fang
- Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
- Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
- Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
- Qing Zao Run Chang Tang
- Ren Shen Bu Fei Tang
- Ren Shen Yang Rong Tang
- Ren Shen Zi Xue Tang
- Shen Qi Si Wu Tang
- Shen Yu Tang
- Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
- Si Wu Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Si Wu Tang
- Tai Shan Pan Shi San
- Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
- Tian Di Jian
- Tong You Tang
- Yang He Tang
- Yang Jing Zhong Yu Tang
- Yi Yin Jian
- You Gui Wan
- You Gui Yin
- Yu Nu Jian
- Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
- Zou Gui Wan
- Zou Gui Yin

**Contraindications:** Shu Di Huang is very cloying and should
be prescribed carefully to patients with poor digestive function,
do not prescribe to patients with qi stagnation or phlegm
patterns, pain in the abdomen, or diarrhea

**Zoo Image:** a skinny grey haired prince bat watches his true love leave in the
Essence carriage, he has her yin slipper, a conjoined turtle clock strikes 12, the
moon is out, and the horse has marrow legs

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