Lu Gen
Phragmitis Rhizoma
sweet, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clear Heat and Drain Fire
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Irascibility
- Thirst
- High fever
- Dark scanty urine
- Hematuria
- Rashes
- Nausea
Lu Gen is sweet and cold. It enters the stomach and lung systems to treat heat pathogens. It is an important herb in the treatment of cold and flu and has strong antimicrobial properties.
Lu Gen can be used for rashes that are incompletely expressed.
Channels: lung, stomach
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Flu
- Epidemic disorders
- Rash
- Fever
- Dysglycemia
- Biliary congestion
- Antimicrobial
- Urinary tract infections
Formulas:
- Lian Po Yin
- Sang Ju Yin
- Yin Qiao San
Contraindications: prescribe Lu Gen with caution to patients that present with poor digestive function
Zoo Image: a walrus is soaking in a bath with rash bubbles holding a glass of fluid while the shower hits his red lungs and swirly abdomen and he urinates