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title: "Ze Xie"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/643/ze-xie"
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 ![ze xie, alismatis rhizoma.jpg](/u/ze-xie-alismatis-rhizoma-Qp8CoP.jpg) 

# Ze Xie

### Alismatis Rhizoma

_sweet, bland, cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Drains Dampness**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Edema
- Urinary difficulty
- Diarrhea
- Dizziness
- Spermatorrhea

Ze Xie enters the bladder and kidney systems. It is sweet, bland,
and cold. Ze Xie increases urination to treat damp-heat related
patterns.

**Channels:** kidney, bladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Edema
- Thirst
- Abdominal distention
- Hyperlipidemia
- Jaundice
- Hematuria
- Urinary tract infections

**Formulas:**
- Ba Xian Chang Shou Wan
- Bu Shen Yi Gan Tang
- Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang
- Dang Gui Shao Yao San
- Du Qi Wan
- Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San
- Huo Po Xia Ling Tang
- Ji Chuan Jian
- Jia Wei Shen Qi Wan
- Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan
- Liu Wei Di Huang Wan
- Long Dan Xie Gan Tang
- Mai Wei Di Huang Wan
- Mie Di Zhi Yang Tang
- Ming Mu Di Huang Wan
- Qi Ju Di Huang Wan
- Shen Qi Wan
- Wei Ling Tang
- Wu Ling San
- Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
- Zhi Shi Dao Zhi Wan
- Zhu Ling Tang

**Contraindications:** Ze Xie should be prescribed cautiously
with patients that have sunken middle jiao patterns

**Zoo Image:** a pig sits with his lower jiao drinking King of Pees beer, there is a
hot ministerial fire burning a kidney

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