Reed root has the effect of clearing heat and fire, quenching thirst and generating fluids, and removing vexation, which can treat vexation (irritability and sultriness), thirst, and lung-heat cough.
Reed root is the dried or fresh rhizome of reed, which is sweet and cold in nature, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians. Reed root has the effects of clearing heat and fire, quenching thirst and generating fluids, diuretic, removing vexation, and stopping vomiting.
It can be used in treating fever with irritable heat and thirst, stomach heat and vomiting, lung heat and cough, lung carbuncle and spitting of foul-smelling pus phlegm, short and red urine (small amount of urine, dark yellow color), hot gonorrhea (burning and tingling pain in urine, accompanied by urinary frequency and urgency, and discomfort of pulling in the abdomen), astringent pain, etc. It can be used in the treatment of fever and heat, and it can also be used in the treatment of fever and thirst.
Rehmannia glutinosa can be taken internally in decoction, or freshly pounded with juice. The adverse effects of rehmannia are not clear, and it is prohibited for people with cold spleen and stomach.
The effect of a single drug is limited, and it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying the condition.