Water table

Water table

(commonly used Chinese herbal medicine in Tibet)

[synonym] sauerdmu (Tibetan name).

[source] it is the whole plant of Potamogeton fulvum.

[plant morphology] Potamogeton fulvum

Perennial herbs. Rhizomes prostrate, with red spots. Stem less branched. There are floating and submerged leaves, submerged leaves are usually petiolate, linear; floating leaves are elliptic or obovate, 4-8 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, apex obtuse, base heart-shaped or extending downward to petiole, petiole longer than leaf. Pedicel short; spike, cylindrical, with closely arranged flowers, yellow green; stamen 4: pistil 4. Small drupe.

Born in a pond or field. It is distributed in Northeast and Tibet.

[collection] harvest from August to October.

[flavor] sweet, slightly bitter, cool.

Functions and indications: antipyretic, diuretic, hemostatic, tonic, spleen strengthening, conjunctivitis. Toothache, edema, jaundice, hemorrhoids, ascariasis, dry blood tuberculosis, infantile malnutrition.

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 2-5 yuan.