Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)

Chinese Name: 
Lu Gen
English Name: 
Reed Rhizome
Functions and Usage: 
  • Clears heat, generates fluids - heat patterns with high fever, irritability, thirst.
  • Clears lung heat - cough, thick yellow sputum.
  • Clears stomach heat - vomiting, belching.
  • Clears heat, diuretic - dark, scanty urine, xue lin, accompanied by thirst and irritability.
  • Encourages rashes to the surface - for febrile disease with rashes that are incompletely expressed.
Functional Groupings (Click for Summary/Study Notes): 
Dosage and Preparation Notes: 
  • Dosage: 15-30g
  • When used alone, up to 60g
Channels Influenced: 
Temperature and Taste Properties: 
Contraindications: 
  • Avoid in patients with spleen or stomach cold from deficiency.
Notes: 

There are no additional notes for this herb.