Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)
Submitted by yyh_staff on Mon, 2008-06-09 13:47.
Chinese Name:
Lu GenEnglish Name:
Reed RhizomeFunctions 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.
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