Water Plantain (Alisma plantago-aquatica)

泽泻zé xièZexie

Alisma plantago-aquatica · Plant

Alisma plantago-aquatica
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Indications

Cautions

Avoid in pregnancy; nephrotoxic in large doses.

Indications

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

DiarrheaEdema Distention FullnessEmissionHeat Strangury With Inhibited PainHyperlipemiaInhibited UrinationLower Blood Sugar LevelsLower CholesterolPhlegm-rheum Dizziness

TCM actions

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

Disinhibit Water & Percolate DampDrain Heat & Free Strangury