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Edema-Alleviating Diuretics

Edema-Alleviating Diuretics: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Lu Ci Rou: Chinese Herb Guide 鸬鹚肉 Lu Ci Rou (Cormorants meat) Sour, salt, cold; spleen channel. Actions Promote urination and resolve swelling. When it is used Abdominal dropsy
Ji Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 鲫鱼 Ji Yu (Crucian) Sweet, neutral; spleen, stomach and large intestine channels. Actions Strengthen the spleen and eliminate dampness
Silver carp: Chinese Herb Guide Lian Yu, 鲢鱼 Lian Yu (Silver carp) Sweet, warm; spleen and stomach channels. Actions Warm the spleen and stomach, tonify qi, promote urination
Ni Qiu: Chinese Herb Guide 泥鳅,Oriental weatherfish,泥鰍 Name Ni Qiu (Oriental weatherfish) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral; spleen, liver and kidney channels.
Oriental weatherfish Ni Qiu, 泥鳅 Oriental weatherfish: tonify the spleen and kidney, promote urination, remove toxicity.
Li Yu: Chinese Herb Guide 鲤鱼,Carp,鯉魚,Cyprinus carpio Li Yu: promote urination and resolve swelling, direct qi downward and promote the secretion of lactation.
Carp: Chinese Herb Guide Li Yu, 鲤鱼 Name Li Yu (Carp) Nature and action Nature Sweet, neutral; spleen and kidney channels.
Sha Yu Rou: Chinese Herb Guide 鲨鱼肉, Shark meat Sha Yu Rou: tonify deficiency, strengthen the spleen, promote urination, dispel blood stasis and resolve swelling.
Shark meat: Chinese Herb Guide 鲨鱼肉,Sha Yu Rou,鲛鱼肉,鮫魚肉,鯊魚肉 Shark meat: tonify deficiency, strengthen the spleen, promote urination, dispel blood stasis and resolve swelling.
Hu Zi: Chinese Herb Guide Club bottle gourd fruit, 瓠子 Hu Zi (Club bottle gourd fruit) Sweet, neutral. Actions Promote urination, clear heat, relieve thrist and restlessness
Zhao Sheng Han Cai: Chinese Herb Guide 沼生蔊菜 Zhao Sheng Han Cai: it is used to clear away heat and promote diuresis, to counteract toxicity and relieve swelling; for the treatment of edema, jaundice.
Duck head: Chinese Herb Guide Ya Tou, 鸭头 Ya Tou (Duck head) Sweet, bland, cool; kidney and bladder channels. Actions Promote urination and resolve swelling