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Phragmites Root (lu gen)
Rhizoma
Phragmitis
Properties:
Sweet in flavour, cold in nature, it acts on the lung and
stomach channels. The cold property clears the heat, the
moist quality promotes the production of body fluid and
the sweet flavour eliminates dampness. The herb can clear
away the heat in lung and stomach, promote the production
of body fluid to quench thirst and induce diuresis for
treating stranguria as well. The potency of the herb is
relatively weak, so it has the action of astringing the
pathogenic factors without impairing the vital-Qi. It is
therefore applied to febrile diseases manifested as
impairment of the body fluid and excessive thirst.
Effects:
Clearing heat, promoting the production of body fluid,
relieving restlessness and arresting vomiting.
Indications:
1. For treating
the impairment of the body fluid caused by febrile
diseases, vexation and thirst, red tongue, lack of body
fluid, it is often used in combination with ophiopogon
root, trichosanthes root, and gypsum to clear heat,
nourish Yin, promote the production of the body fluid and
quench thirst. For treating stomach-heat and vomiting, it
is used in combination with other drugs for clearing away
the stomach-heat and arresting vomiting, such as bamboo
shavings.
2. For treating
lung-heat and cough with yellow and thick phlegm, it is
used in combination with scutellaria root, trichosanthes
fruit to remove the heat from lung, resolve sputum and
quench thirst. For pulmonary abscesses with vomiting pus
and blood, it is used in combination with peach kernel,
waxgourd seed, coix seed known as Weijing Tang (Decoction
of the Reed Stem) to enhance the action of clearing the lung-heat and
evacuating pus.
The herb can be
also used for treating dribbling urination and neonatal
measles because it has the functions of inducing diuresis,
eliminating dampness, ventilating lung and promoting
eruption.
Dosage and
Administration: 15-30g for
dried preparation, 30-60g for the fresh. The fresh reed
root is superior in clearing heat and promoting the
production of the body fluid.
Air
ship 500 grams (about 1.1 pound) of
phragmites
root (lu gen)
for your personnel use now for
US$21.20. 
Note: Before using it, please contact us about how to
use it and the dosage.
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