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Alisma orientale
Also called Asiatic Water Plantain
Asian water plantain is an aquatic flowering plant from Asia, grown in shallow water or wet mud. Its rhizome is used in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine, so keep it out of food and remedies unless a qualified practitioner advises otherwise.
Alisma orientale, commonly known as Asian water plantain is a flowering plant species in the genus Alisma found in Asia.
Alisma orientale is sometimes treated as a variety of Alisma plantago-aquatica (Alisma plantago-aquatica var. orientale). The rhizomes of A. orientale have been used as a traditional Chinese medicine, ze xie. However, it may have serious side effects or even toxic effects such as hepatotoxicity. The rhizome of the plant is also a herb used in kampo Japanese medicine.
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