TCM: Listed under “Herbs that drain Dampness”sweet, bland and cold Alisma plantago aquatica promotes urination, dries Damp to drain Heat from the lower Burner and ministerial Fire from the Kidneys.
General: For the treatment of difficult urination, oedema, phlegm, diarrhoea, leukorrhoea, spermatorrhoea and hyperlipidemia.
For more formulas see Alisma orientale