Chinese name:

Source:

Phragmitis Rhizoma - rhizome

Nature:

• cool (aromatic, descending, yin within yang)

Taste:

• sweet (acrid, bland, bitter)

Tropism:

• lungs, stomach (urinary bladder, spleen, kidneys, taiyin layer of blood)

Direction of action:

• sinking

Effects:

• clears heat

• generates fluids

Dosage:

• 15 – 30 g, standardly 20 g

Contraindications:

• caution required in cases of deficiency cold in the spleen and stomach