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Alismatis rhizome (Zexie)

Pharmaceutical Name: Rhizoma Alismatis

Botanical Name: Alisma orientalis (Sam.) Juzep.

Common Name: Alismatis rhizome, Water plantain tuber

Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao Jing

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The rhizomes are dug in winter. After the fibrous roots and bark have been removed, the rhizomes are soaked in water, cut into slices and dried in the sun.

Properties & Taste: Sweet or no taste and cold

Meridians: Kidney and urinary bladder

Functions: To transform dampness and promote water metabolism

Indications & Combinations: Dysuria, turbid urine, edema, diarrhea and profuse leukorrhea, or retention of phlegm and fluids, leading to dizziness, vertigo, palpitation and cough. Alismatis rhizome (Zexie) is used with Poria (Fuling), Umbellate pore-fungus (Zhuling) and White atractylodes (Baizhu) in the formula Wuling San.

Dosage: 5-10 g

 
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