Medicinals
zé xiè / 泽泻 / 澤瀉 / alisma [tuber];
Latin pharmacognostic name: Alismatis Rhizoma
Alternate English names: water plantain [tuber]
Alternate Chinese names: 泽芝 zé zhī; 及泻 jí xiè; 水泻 shuǐ xiè
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Water-disinhibiting dampness-percolating agents / Water-disinhibiting swelling-dispersing agents
Properties: Sweet, bland; cold.
Channel entry: kidney and bladder channels.
Indications:
- Disinhibits water and percolates dampness, drains heat: Water swelling, inhibited urination, diarrhea, strangury, vaginal discharge, and phlegm-rheum.
- Drains bladder heat and kidney channel vacuity fire: Damp-heat strangury; seminal emission.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 5–10g in decoctions.
Warning:
Caution is advised for patients concurrently using diuretic drugs because Zé xiè has a diuretic effect.
Product Description:
This rhizome
Quality:
Large, hard, farinaceous rhizomes that are yellowish white in color are the best.
Product Area:
Fújiàn, Jiāngxī.
Etymology:
The name zé xiè 泽泻, literally ""marsh draining,"" is a reminder that this plant grows at the side of marshes and has a water-draining action.