-- Acupuncture -- -- Moxibustion -- Shiatsu Massage -- Esthetics -- ChiropracticAlisma aquatica-plantago
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Botanical name |
Alisma aquatica-plantago |
| Pin yin name | Ze Xie | |
| Pin yin description | (ze refers to a heavily flooded place; xie means to drain out, to purge; so this herb is known to drain out accumulated water from the body; ze also means swamp; this herb grows in wet soil and in shallow water; so, it is the draining herb that is found growing in flooded soil) | |
| Other common names | Water Plantain, Great Water Plantain | |
| Part used | Rhizome (dug up in winter when the stems and leaves start to wither; fibrous rootlets removed and coarse outer skin scraped off) | |
| Taste | Sweet, Bland | |
| Nature | Cold | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Promotes urination and leaches out damp, clears heat and purges fire | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Infrequent urination and edema; heat lin syndromes (urinary disorders, usually with burning sensation, possible discharge of blood); diarrhoea; damp-heat syndromes in the lower abdomen, such as leukorrhea; fire agitation due to deficiency of the kidney yin | |
| Possible unwanted effects | Prolonged ingestion of large doses can irritate the stomach and intestines | |
| Herb drug interactions | None reported | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Damp syndromes of the lower abdomen due to kidney yang deficiency or damp-cold | |
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