Edema

TCM Herbs Associated With Edema

Edema Is Associated With 17 TCM Herbs

Tonifies the spleen, augments qi, dries dampness - diarrhea, fatigue, lack of appetite, vomiting, edema. Stabilizes the exterior and stops sweating - spontaneous sweating due to qi deficiency. Calms the fetus - arising from spleen deficiency.

Promotes urination, clears heat - edema, lin syndromes due to damp-heat, generally in the lower warmer. Solidifies the stool - diarrhea with damp-heat or damp-summerheat. Clears the eyes - liver and kidney deficiency (dry eyes or cataracts) or heat in the liver channel (red, painful, swollen eyes…

Clears heat, promotes urination - abdominal fullness and swelling due to edema, urinary difficulty, leg qi edema; the nature of this herb is to move downward and relieve edema by water or dampness drained from the body. Disperses blood stasis - reduces swelling and fire toxicity, sores, carbuncles…

Promotes the downward movement of Qi, reduces stagnation - food stagnation and qi obstruction w/epigastric and abdominal distention, belching, acid regurgitation, constipation. Expels damp, promotes urination - edema, dampness in the stomach and intestines.

Promotes urination, drains dampness, transforms phlegm - urinary difficulty, diarrhea, edema, headache, dizziness, greasy tongue coat. Strengthens the spleen, harmonizes the middle jiao - diarrhea, loss of appetite. Quiets the heart and calms the spirit - palpitations, insomnia, forgetfulness.

Releases muscle layer and adjusts ying and wei qi levels Useful in wind-cold-damp bi syndromes to warm channels and disperse cold Resolves blood stagnation particularly from cold - dysmenorrhea Unblocks yang qi in the chest - shortness of breath, chest pain, palpitations Resolve edema and accum…

Clears heat, reduces phlegm nodules - goiter, scrofula. Promotes urination (adjunctive herb) - reduces edema, particularly in the leg and floating type.

Tonifies spleen qi - lack of appetite, fatigue, diarrhea. Raises yang qi of spleen and stomach - prolapse of uterus, stomach, rectum, uterine bleeding. Augments the wei qi and stabilizes the exterior - deficiency w/spontaneous sweating, frequent colds or shortness of breath. Tonify qi and blood …

Reduces phlegm, softens hardness - nodules in the neck, fullness in the chest due to phlegm. Promotes urination, reduces swelling - lower extremity edema (adjunctive herb).

Clears heat, dries dampness - dysentery, leukorrhea, jaundice, sores. Expels wind, kills parasites, stops itching - for damp toxin skin lesions or infestations with chronic itching, seepage, and bleeding; genital itching and vaginal discharge. Clears heat, promotes urination - for damp-heat in th…

Promotes movement of qi and blood, opens middle burner and unblocks the channels - irregular or scanty menses, abdominal pain or distention, pain and stiffness in the lower back and knees (wind-damp painful obstruction). Promotes urination - edema with difficult urination.

Promotes urination, drains heat from the heart through the small intestine - irritability with sores of the mouth or tongue, scanty urination, lin syndrome, edema. Promotes lactation, unblocks the blood vessels - insufficient lactation, less commonly for amenorrhea and bi-syndrome.

Wind-damp bi especially in the upper extremities. Reduces edema.

Invigorates blood and regulates menses for gynecological issues - PMS, abdominal pain, irregular menses, abdominal masses, infertility, post partum abdominal pain w/lochioschesis, stasis from blood deficiency. Promotes urination and reduces swelling - acute systemic edema.

Promotes movement of blood and menstruation - pain due to blood stasis obstructing menses, post partum abdominal pain from stasis. Invigorates blood and dispels blood stasis - topically and interally for pain and swelling from traumatic injury or abscess. Promotes urination - post partum edemc or…