What are the effects of Alisma?

Traditional Chinese medicine has many uses. It can not only effectively prevent and treat some diseases, but also regulate and improve human health. However, the specific efficacy and pharmacological toxicity of each traditional Chinese medicine are different, so it must be used correctly. As a common Chinese medicinal material, Alisma orientalis can be used as medicine in many Chinese patent medicines and even Chinese medicine prescriptions, which is enough to show its medicinal value. So what are the effects of Alisma orientalis?

Alisma has the effects of promoting diuresis and dispelling dampness; relieving heat and relieving stranguria. It is used to treat dysuria, painful and astringent stranguria caused by heat, edema, diarrhea, dizziness caused by phlegm and fluid retention, and spermatorrhea. It can lower serum total cholesterol and triglyceride levels and slow down the formation of atherosclerosis. It is not recommended to take it for a long time, as Alisma is hepatotoxic and nephrotoxic. Improper use can cause swelling of the liver and kidneys as well as other symptoms of poisoning.

(1) Diuresis and Dampness Elimination: It is used to treat symptoms such as oliguria, edema, diarrhea, and stranguria caused by damp-heat. Atractylodes is often used to treat water retention in the stomach. It is often used with Akebia and Poria to treat urethral pain and difficulty urinating.

(2) Clearing away kidney fire: used for symptoms of yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

① "Ben Jing": "It is used to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, lactation difficulties, eliminate water, nourish the five internal organs, increase energy and strength, and make the body healthy."

② "Bie Lu": "It replenishes the five internal organs, eliminates the distension of the five internal organs, raises the yin, stops spermatorrhea, quenches thirst, and stops water retention in the bladder and triple energizer."

③ "Medicinal Properties": "It can cure kidney deficiency and spontaneous ejaculation of semen, treat five types of stranguria, relieve bladder heat, and directly open the water channel."

④ "Rihuazi Bencao": "It can treat five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, and it can cure dizziness, tinnitus, muscle and bone contracture, clear the small intestine, stop nocturnal emission and hematuria."

⑤ "Medical Origin": "It can treat urinary incontinence and remove sweat from the vagina. "Main Treatment Secrets" says that it can remove old water, nourish new water, promote urination, eliminate edema, and quench thirst."

⑥Li Gao: "It can remove dirt in the bladder and water retention under the heart."

⑦ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can penetrate dampness and heat, promote the flow of phlegm and fluid, and stop vomiting, diarrhea, hernia pain, and beriberi."

Do's and Don'ts: People with kidney deficiency and spermatorrhea should not take this medicine.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "Fear of sea clams and Meretrix meretrix."

② "Bie Lu": "Bian Que said, take more of the patient's eyes."

⑤ "Medical Introduction": "It should not be used for those suffering from stranguria, thirst, edema, and kidney deficiency."

④ "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "The patient has no dampness or fluid but has yin deficiency, and the kidney qi is exhausted, the yang is weak and the semen flows out, the kidney qi is not solid and the semen is slippery, there is eye pain, and the deficiency cold causes diarrhea, etc., the method is to avoid it."

Through the above introduction, everyone has a clear idea of ​​the effects of Alisma orientalis. Every medicine needs to be taken correctly, in accordance with the indications and one's own health condition, to avoid some troubles and to exert a better medicinal effect of the medicine. However, most Chinese medicines need to be taken for a long time, and one must also follow the doctor's instructions and arrangements.