Reed Rhizome
芦根
Heat-Clearing Herbs
Perfoliate Knotweed Herb
Overview
Aliases
River white herb; snake-retreat; pear-head thorn; snake-cannot-pass
Nature and Flavor
Slightly cold; sour, bitter
What's Inside
Ingredients
It contains indican, polygonin, p-coumaric acid, ferulic acid, vanillic acid, protocatechuic acid, caffeic acid, and other constituents.
Therapeutic Effects
Antibacterial experiments have shown that the aqueous decoction inhibits Staphylococcus aureus, Group B hemolytic streptococci, dysentery bacilli, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro.
Precautions
No precautions information available
NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.
