Lu Gen
| Lu Gen in TCM:Explore the properties of Lu Gen according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: phragmites root, reed rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Phragmitis
Properties: sweet, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat
Actions / Indications:
- Clears heat, generates fluids (high fever, irritability,
thirst: qi level heat due to febrile diseases)
- Clears heat from LU (Bronchitis, Lung abcess, acute
Lung heat with cough and thick yellow sputum that is difficult to expectorate)
- Clears ST heat; stops vomiting (nausea, vomiting,
belching)
- Promotes urination, vents rashes (dark, scanty urine,
heat lin syndrome; promotes eruption of measles)
Special Notes:
- Wei Jing is not the same herb as Lu Gen, but they are often
used interchangeably.
Contraindications:
- (cc: SP or ST cold from deficiency)
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