Alismatis
rhizome (Zexie)
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.
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