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🌿 Herb

Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome

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.
🌿 All Herb data fields for Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome
🌿 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
TCMID
5927
TCMSP
255
TCM-ID
1339
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (30 fields)
name
Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome
chinese name
芦根
pinyin name
Lu Gen
latin name
Phragmitis Rhizoma; Rhizoma Phragmitis
english name
Reed Rhizome; Reed Rhizome
properties english
Sweet; Cold
meridians english
Lung; Stomach
use part
Rhizome
symmap herb id
255
tcmid id
5927
tcmsp id
255
herb id str
HERB003526
function text
To remove heat, to promote the production of body fluid, to relieve emesis, and to alleviate dysuria.
indication
Febrile diseases with vexation and thirst, stomach heat vomiting, lung heat cough, pulmonary welling abscess, heat strangury with inhibited pain.
therapeutic en class
Fire Purging Drugs
therapeutic cn class
清热泻火药
tcm id id
1339
alias name
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
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