Rhizome of Common Amarrhe, Common Anemarrhena Rhizome
Anemarrhenae Rhizoma, Rhizoma Anemarrhenae
Zhi Mu

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove heat and quench fire, and to promote the production of body fluid and relieve dryness syndromes.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Diabetes mellitus, warm heat disease, ardent fever with vexation and thirst, cough and asthma, dry cough, constipation, steaming bone tidal fever, vacuity vexation and insomnia, strangury-turbidity.