Learn about the daily uses of the Chinese herbal medicine Di Gu Pi

We often hear about the Chinese medicine Di Gu Pi, so what is the Chinese medicine Di Gu Pi? The Chinese medicinal herb Di Gu Pi is the root of wolfberry. We are very familiar with wolfberry, but how much do we know about Di Gu Pi? The Chinese herbal medicine Rehmannia glutinosa is a medicine that can be used to treat daily diseases. Understanding the efficacy, pharmacology and some proven prescriptions of Rehmannia glutinosa will help us make rational use of Chinese medicine to serve our health.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, cold.

[return through meridians] Returns to the lung, liver, and kidney meridians.

【Functions and indications】Cools blood and eliminates steaminess, clears the lungs and reduces fire. It is used for hot flashes due to yin deficiency, night sweats due to bone steaming, cough due to lung heat, hemoptysis, epistaxis, and internal heat and thirst.

【Functions and indications】Clears heat and cools blood. Treats asthenia, hot flashes, night sweats, lung heat, cough and asthma, vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, thirst, hypertension, carbuncle, and malignant sore

【Functions and indications】Clears away heat from internal organs; relieves lung fire; cools blood. It is used for fever due to yin deficiency; night sweats due to bone steaming; fever due to malnutrition in children; wheezing and cough due to lung heat;

Hematemesis; epistaxis; hematuria; thirst

【Usage and Dosage】9-15g.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 3 to 6 qian; or made into pills or powder. For external use: decoct in water for gargling or washing, grind into powder for sprinkling or application.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 9-15g; large dose can use 15-30g.

【Clinical Application】

①Treatment of hypertension: Use 2 liang of fresh wolfberry root bark or whole root (1 liang of dry product) daily, decoct in water twice and take it for 30 days as a course of treatment. 36 patients in stages 1 to 3 were observed, and significant effect was observed (according to

In 1964, the Lanzhou Cardiovascular Conference formulated the standard for 20 cases, of which 5 were effective and 11 were ineffective. Among them, all 3 cases in stage I were effective; the efficacy in stage III was the lowest, with an effective rate of 62%. The therapeutic effect appears in as little as 4 hours and as late as 7 days. The subjective symptoms of all cases were improved to varying degrees. No orthostatic hypotension or other side effects.

② For the treatment of juvenile flat warts, palmoplantar warts, and generalized eczema, make the bark of Rehmannia glutinosa into a 10% injection solution, use 2 to 3 ml each time, add 2 ml of autologous blood, and inject intramuscularly, twice a week, 10 times as a course of treatment. If the condition is not cured, you can continue one course of treatment. 7 cases of juvenile flat warts were treated, 6 of which were cured.

One case improved and most of the rash disappeared; among 12 cases of generalized eczema, 9 were cured, 2 improved, and 1 was ineffective. Some patients show significant improvement after 2 to 4 treatments, and are cured after 5 to 6 treatments. Some patients may experience mild headache and facial flushing shortly after injection.

③Treatment of pulpitis pain

Take 1 liang of Rehmannia root bark and add 500 ml of water, boil it until 50 ml remains. After filtering, use a small cotton ball dipped in the liquid to fill the cleaned cavity. 11 cases were treated and all had obvious analgesic effect. Some medicines can relieve pain within one minute after taking them.

We can see that the Chinese medicine Rehmannia root bark has a good therapeutic effect on stage I hypertension and has no adverse effects on hypotension. We can use this medicinal property of Rehmannia root bark for health care in daily life, and it can also be used to treat pain caused by pulpitis. By understanding drugs, we can make better use of them.