Effects of Zexie Congee

It can promote diuresis, eliminate dampness, and relieve heat. It can treat urinary problems, edema, vomiting, diarrhea, phlegm, beriberi, gonorrhea, and hematuria.

(1) Diuresis and Dampness Elimination: It is used to treat symptoms such as oliguria, edema, diarrhea, and stranguria caused by damp-heat.

Atractylodes is often used to treat water retention in the stomach.

It is often used with Akebia and Poria to treat urethral pain and difficulty urinating.

(2) Clearing away kidney fire: used for symptoms of yin deficiency and hyperactivity of fire.

① "Ben Jing": It treats wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, lactation difficulties, eliminates water, nourishes the five internal organs, increases energy and strength, and makes the body fat and healthy.

② "Bielu": It replenishes the five internal organs and eliminates fullness and distension in the five internal organs, raises the yin qi, stops spermatorrhea, thirst, and stranguria, and expels water from the bladder and triple burner.

③ "Materia Medica": It is used to treat kidney deficiency and spontaneous discharge of semen, cure five types of stranguria, relieve bladder heat, and directly open up the water channels.

④ "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It is used to treat five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, and is used to treat dizziness, tinnitus, contracture of muscles and bones, clear the small intestine, and stop nocturnal emission and hematuria.

⑤ "The Origin of Medicine": Treats dribbling urination and removes genital sweating.

"The Secret of Main Treatments" says that it can remove old water, nourish new water, promote urination, eliminate edema, and quench thirst.

⑥Li Gao: Removes dirt in the bladder and water retention under the heart.

⑦ "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can penetrate dampness and heat, promote the flow of phlegm and fluid, and stop vomiting, diarrhea, hernia pain, and athlete's foot.