bubble_chart Source This product is a perennial herbaceous plant of the Rush Pith family (Juncus effusus L.). The stems are harvested from late summer to autumn, dried, and the pith is extracted, straightened, and tied into small bundles. It is found throughout the country, mainly produced in Jiangsu, Sichuan, Yunnan, Guangzhou, and other regions. The stems are harvested in autumn, dried, and the pith is extracted, cut into sections, and used fresh.
bubble_chart Properties and Meridians
Sweet and bland, slightly cold. act on heart, lung and small intestine channels.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Clearing heart fire, promoting urination.
bubble_chart Indications
- Used for dysuria, dribbling and painful urination. Rush Pith is sweet, bland, and cold in nature, with the function of draining dampness and clearing heat. It is used to treat edema, heat strangury, and short, red, and painful urination. It is often combined with Gardenia and Talc and other heat-clearing and diuretic herbs, such as Danxi Xinfa Qi-Dispersing Powder. This herb has mild efficacy and is only suitable for mild conditions or as an adjunct to other heat-clearing and diuretic herbs.
- Used for heart heat with irritability, infantile night crying, and fright epilepsy. Rush Pith can clear heart fire. For excessive heat in the heart meridian, restlessness, insomnia, mouth and tongue sores, and short, red, and painful urination, it can be used to guide the heat from the heart meridian downward and expel it through urination. It is often combined with Lophatherum Herb and Gardenia. For exuberance of heart fire, mental restlessness, infantile night crying, or fright epilepsy, it can be decocted alone or combined with Bamboo Leaf and cicada slough and other heart-clearing and spirit-tranquilizing herbs.
bubble_chart Usage and Dosage
1-3g. For children, 1-2 bundles.
bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology
Contains fiber, fatty oils, proteins, arabinoxylans, and xylans.
