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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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