Alismatis Rhizome (Ze Xie)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Rhizoma Alismatis |
| Botanical Name: | Alisma Orientalis (Sam.) Juzep. Alismatis Plantago-Aquaticae |
| Common Name: | Alismatis Rhizome, Water Plantain Tuber |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Shennong Bencao Jing |
| art 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 and Taste: | Sweet or no taste and cold |
| Meridian: | Kidney and urinary bladder |
| Functions: | To transform dampness and promote water metabolism |
| Indications and Combinations: | Dysuria, turbid urine, edema, diarrhea and profuse leukorrhea, or retention of phlegm and fluids, leading to dizziness, vertigo, palpitation and cough. Difficulty in urination, thirst, abdominal bloating, kidney stones, diabetic syndrome. *Use with Poria (Fu ling), Umbellate pore-fungus (Zhu ling) and White atractylodes (Bai zhu) in the formula Wuling San. |
| Dosage: | 5-10 g |
| Cautions: | Long-term use of alismatis can irritate the intestines. Do not use with deficient Kidney Yang or damp cold with leakage of sperm or with leukorrhea. |