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Lu Gen - Reed Rhizome

Lu Gen (Reed Rhizome)

Clinical Applications

  • Clears heat, generates fluids - heat patterns with high fever, irritability, thirst.
  • Clears lung heat - cough, thick yellow sputum.
  • Clears stomach heat - vomiting, belching.
  • Clears heat, diuretic - dark, scanty urine, xue lin, accompanied by thirst and irritability.
  • Encourages rashes to the surface - for febrile disease with rashes that are incompletely expressed.

Functional Category

Herbs That Drain Fire

Temperature & Taste

Cold (Han) Sweet (Gan)

Channels Influenced

Stomach

Dosage & Preparation

  • Dosage: 15-30g
  • When used alone, up to 60g

Cautions & Precautions

  • Avoid in patients with spleen or stomach cold from deficiency.
Relationships
Conditions / Symptoms (3 connections)