Abstract
Rhizoma phragmitis is a common Chinese herbal medicine whose effects are defined as ‘clearing heat and fire, promoting fluid production to quench thirst, eliminating irritability, stopping vomiting, and disinhibiting urine’. During the Novel Coronavirus epidemic in 2020, the Weijing Decoction and Wuye Lugen Decoction, with Rhizoma phragmitis as the main herbal component, were included in The Pneumonia Treatment Protocol for Novel Coronavirus Infection (Trial Version 5) due to remarkable antiviral effects. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Rhizoma phragmitis has antiviral, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and hypoglycemic functions, lowers blood lipids and protects the liver and kidney. This review aims to provide a systematic summary of the botany, traditional applications, phytochemistry, pharmacology and toxicology of Rhizoma phragmitis.
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Supplementary material (Appendixes 1–3) is available in the online version of this article at 10.1007/s11655-022-3572-1.
Keywords: Rhizoma phragmitis, pharmacology, phytochemistry, Chinese medicine
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Appendix 1. Details of Prescriptions Containing Rhizoma phragmitis
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Appendix 2. Main Components of Rhizoma phragmitis
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Appendix 3. Pharmacological Activities of Rhizome phragmitis
Author Contributions
Ren Y drafted the manuscript. Cui GD was responsible for the literature screening and data extraction of this paper. Yao H and Zi CY were responsible for proofreading of the article. Gao YX and He LS revised and commented on the manuscript. All authors have read and approved the final version for publication.
Conflict of Interest
All the authors declare that there is no conflict of interest regarding the publication of this paper.
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11655_2022_3572_MOESM1_ESM.pdf (35.1KB, pdf)
Appendix 1. Details of Prescriptions Containing Rhizoma phragmitis
11655_2022_3572_MOESM2_ESM.pdf (171.2KB, pdf)
Appendix 2. Main Components of Rhizoma phragmitis
11655_2022_3572_MOESM3_ESM.pdf (89.5KB, pdf)
Appendix 3. Pharmacological Activities of Rhizome phragmitis