Oriental Waterplantain Rhizome

Overview

Aliases

Shuixie, Mangyu, Huxie, Zezhi, Jixie, Yusun, Tianedan, Tiantu

Nature and Flavor

Cold, sweet, bland

What's Inside

Ingredients

It contains various tetracyclic triterpenoid ketol derivatives such as alisol A, alisol B, alisol C, their acetates and epialisol A, as well as epoxyalisol, phosphatidylcholine, choline and furfural.

Therapeutic Effects

The decoction has a significant diuretic effect, particularly in patients with nephritis, and also inhibits platelet aggregation. The lipid-soluble fraction of Zexie has lipid-lowering, cholesterol-lowering, and anti-atherosclerotic effects. In addition, Zexie has hypotensive, blood-glucose-lowering, anti-fatty-liver, weight-reducing, and anti-inflammatory effects, and inhibits Staphylococcus aureus, pneumococci, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.