(1) diuretics. It is mainly used for symptoms such as poor spleen transport, stagnant water, kidney and bladder gasification, dizziness and palpitation caused by phlegm turbidity, watery diarrhea caused by water passing through large intestine, etc. Commonly used drugs are Poria cocos, Polyporus, Coicis Semen, crickets, etc.
② diuretic drugs for stranguria. Mainly used for heat stranguria and painful urination. Commonly used drugs are Malva, Polygonum Aviculare, Dianthus caryophyllus, Pyrrosia, Lygodium Lygodii, Lysimachia christinae, Glechoma Gleditsiae, Polygonatum odoratum, Gryllotalpa, etc.
③ Heat-clearing and diuretic drugs. Mainly used for damp-heat edema, dysuria, damp-heat jaundice, leucorrhea with red and white discharge, damp-heat diarrhea and damp-heat internal heat. Commonly used drugs are Alisma orientalis, Plantago asiatica, Plantago asiatica, Talcum, Akebia Akebia, Tetrapanacis Tetrapanacis, Rhizoma Dioscoreae Septemlobae, Wax gourd, Herba Artemisiae Scopariae, Semen Phaseoli, Juncus Juncus, Kochia scoparia, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae and Stigma Maydis.
In addition, some diuretics can also be used for diarrhea due to spleen deficiency and lack of food and fatigue; Postpartum galactorrhea, galactorrhea, rheumatic joint pain, joint swelling, etc.