Greenlife Chinese herb database - Rhizoma Alismatis (Ze Xie)

Greenlife Chinese herb database - Rhizoma Alismatis (Ze Xie)

English Name

Oriental Waterplantian Rhizome

Chinese Name

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Rhizoma Alismatis

Origin

Oriental Waterplantian Rhizome is the dried tuber of Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. (Fam. Alismataceae).

Nature and Affinity

Main Active Ingredient

Precaution

Storage

Preserve in a dry place, protected from moth.

	DESCRIPTION
	Subspherical, elliptical or ovate, 2~7 cm long, 2~6 cm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white or yellowish-brown, with irregular transverse-annular shallow furrows and numerous small raised fibrous root scars, occasionally tuberculate bud scars attached to the base. Texture compact, fracture yellowish-white, starchy, with numerous small pores. Odour, slight; taste, slightly bitter.
	ACTION
	To cause diuresis, and to remove damp-heat.
	INDICATIONS
	Edema with oliguria; diarrhea with diminished discharge of urine; vertigo due to retention of fluid; acute urinary infection with difficult painful urination; hyperlipemia.
	REFERENTIAL ADVICE

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