Stranguria-Relieving Diuretics

NameDeng Xin Cao (Rush Pith)The Effect of 灯心草PropertySweet, mild, slightly cold; heart, lung and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, induce diuresis and treat stranguria.IndicationsStranguria, edema, damp-heat jaundice, upset insomnia, diffi

NameDeng Xin Cao (Rush Pith)The Effect of Medulla JunciPropertySweet, mild, slightly cold; heart, lung and small intestine meridians entered.ActionsClear away the heart fire and reduce pathogenic fire, induce diuresis and treat stranguria.IndicationsStranguria, edema, damp-heat jaundice, upset insom

NamingShi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Shi Wei OriginThe leaf of the perennial evergreen plant Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching and P. Lingua (Thunb.) Farwell, or the leaf of P. petiolosa (Christ) Ching. The first two are called Da Ye Shi Wei, th

NamingShi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 石韦OriginThe leaf of the perennial evergreen plant Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching and P. Lingua (Thunb.) Farwell, or the leaf of P. petiolosa (Christ) Ching. The first two are called Da Ye Shi Wei, the late

NamingShi Wei (Folium Pyrrosiae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Folium PyrrosiaeOriginThe leaf of the perennial evergreen plant Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching and P. Lingua (Thunb.) Farwell, or the leaf of P. petiolosa (Christ) Ching. The first two are called Da Ye Shi

NamingBi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Bi XieOriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Dioscorea septemloba Thunb., D. futschauensis Uline ex R. Kunth or D. hypoglauca Palibin. of family Dioscoreaceae.LocationThe first two ar

NamingBi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 萆薢OriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Dioscorea septemloba Thunb., D. futschauensis Uline ex R. Kunth or D. hypoglauca Palibin. of family Dioscoreaceae.LocationThe first two are ca

NamingBi Xie (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Hypoglaucae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of Rhizoma Dioscoreae HypoglaucaeOriginThe rhizome of perennial herbaceous plant Dioscorea septemloba Thunb., D. futschauensis Uline ex R. Kunth or D. hypoglauca Palibin. of family Dioscoreaceae.

NamingHai Jin Sha (Spora Lygodii)——Jia You Ben Cao (Jia You Materia Medica)The Processing of Hai Jin ShaOriginThe mature spore of the perennial climbing fern Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) sw. of family Lygodiaceae.LocationIn Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, etc.HarvestCollected the leaf in autumn whe

NamingHai Jin Sha (Spora Lygodii)——Jia You Ben Cao (Jia You Materia Medica)The Processing of 海金沙OriginThe mature spore of the perennial climbing fern Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) sw. of family Lygodiaceae.LocationIn Guangdong and Zhejiang provinces, etc.HarvestCollected the leaf in autumn when the sp