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Ze Xie (澤瀉), the rhizome of Alisma, promotes urination and drains dampness, and clears heat from the Kidney and Bladder (including deficiency fire).
Latin / Pharmaceutical Name
Alisma orientale (Rhizoma Alismatis)
Common English Name
Alisma rhizome
Taste
Sweet, bland
Temperature
Cold
Channels Entered
Kidney, Bladder
Actions & Functions
- Promotes urination and drains dampness
- Clears damp-heat and drains Kidney deficiency fire
Indications
Oedema, scanty urination and damp diarrhoea; damp-heat with painful urination and vaginal discharge; and dizziness from phlegm-fluid or Kidney deficiency fire.
Dosage
6-12 g in decoction.
Common Combinations
In Wu Ling San to drain damp; in Liu Wei Di Huang Wan to drain Kidney fire.
Cautions & Contraindications
Avoid in damp from yang deficiency and in seminal emission without damp-heat.
