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Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome

Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome. Class: Fire Purging Drugs. Properties: Sweet; Cold. Meridians: Lung; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Lu Gen
中文名 (Chinese)
芦根
Latin Name
Phragmitis Rhizoma; Rhizoma Phragmitis
English Name
Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome
Alias Names
芦茅根苇根芦菰根顺江龙水蓈蔃芦柴根芦通苇子根芦芽根甜梗子芦头
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Stomach
Part Used
Rhizome
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Fire Purging Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
清热泻火药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To remove heat, to promote the production of body fluid, to relieve emesis, and to alleviate dysuria.
Indication (主治)
Febrile diseases with vexation and thirst, stomach heat vomiting, lung heat cough, pulmonary welling abscess, heat strangury with inhibited pain.
🔗 External References
SymMap
255
TCMID
5927
TCMSP
255
TCM-ID
1339
0
Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42021245020
Chinese herbal medicine Lu Gen (Phragmites communis) for acute respiratory tract infections: A systematic review
Acute respiratory tract infections (ARTIs) are one of the leading cause of morbi
📚 Sample References
None linked yet.