Does anybody know what are the medicinal uses or any other ethnobotanical uses of Alisma orientale?
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Here is some basic information about Alisma orientale and a list of ethnobotanical uses which includes medicinal uses and other uses of Alisma orientale.
Alisma orientale basic info
Scientific Name: Alisma orientale (Sam.) Juz..
Family: Alismataceae.
Genus: Alisma.
Description: Alisma orientale is a flowering plant species in the genus Alisma found in Asia. Alisma orientale is sometimes treated as a variety of Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago-aquatica var. orientale). The rhizomes of A. orientale have been used as a traditional Chinese medicine, ze xie. However, it may have serious side effects or even toxic effects such as hepatotoxicity. The rhizome of the plant is also a herb used in kampo Japanese medicine. – for more info about Alisma orientale See link
Ethnobotanical and folk medicinal uses of Alisma orientale
- Diuretic
- Thirst
*The information in this list is based on the ethnobotanical data in Dr. Duke’s Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases.
Dr. Duke does not recommend using this information for self diagnosis or self medication. – See link
Alisma orientale in other websites
Alisma orientale common names, economics importance, distributional range and more in the USDA GRIN website – See link.
Search PubMed (US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health) for academic researches with the search term Alisma orientale – See link.
See if there is something in Youtube on the term Alisma orientale – See link.