Know mother (Anemarrhena asphodeloides)

知母zhī mǔZhimu

Anemarrhena asphodeloides · Plant

Anemarrhena asphodeloides
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

Caution in pregnancy; avoid with spleen deficiency.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Know mother for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Ardent Fever With Vexation & ThirstConstipationCough & AsthmaDiabetes MellitusDry CoughSteaming Bone Tidal FeverStrangury-turbidityVacuity Vexation & Insomnia

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Know mother does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Clear Heat & Drain FireEliminate Vexation & Allay ThirstEnrich Yin & Moisten DrynessWarm Heat Disease