Steinmetz:Phragmites

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Phragmites vulgaris (communis = maxima)

Also known as (or relevant to) [[Species:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}} ]] Arundo phragmites (vulgaris) Family Gramineae English Names Reed Bogreed Natural Habitat Europe Northern China tropical and subtropical countries Part(s) Used Harba Phragmites communis Radix Phragmites communis

Constituent(s) herb: saponin; root: sugar Action herb: diuretic cooling nutritive; root: sudorific nutritive diuretic used in dropsy chronic rheumatism and gout and as a substitute for coffee