TCM: Listed under “Herbs that clear Heat”, included in “Herbs that drain Fire”, sweet, cold Phragmites australis enters the Lung and Stomach channels. It clears Heat, generates fluids, alleviates nausea and vomiting, promotes urination and encourages rashes to surface, cools the Lungs and Stomach,.
General: For the treatment of extreme thirst from Heat disorders, dry throat, Stomach Heat vomiting, Lung Heat cough, Lung abscess, scanty urination with bleeding, Wind Heat common cold, urinary tract infection, nose bleed.