Alisma orientale is a perennial aquatic herb of Alismataceae. Use tubers as medicine. Contains a variety of tetracyclic triterpenoid ketone alcohol derivatives such as alisol A, alisol B, alisol C, acetate, choline, lecithin, etc. Sweet taste, cold nature. Has diuretic and damp-heat clearing effects. Can be used for dysuria, watery diarrhea, excessive phlegm, dizziness, stranguria, and hyperlipidemia. Fujian, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other southern provinces are all cultivated. A year's harvest.

Alisma orientalis is a photophobe, which is adapted to grow in an aquatic environment with sufficient sunshine. Seedlings like shade, while adult plants like sunshine. The soil is suitable for fertile, slightly sticky soil, generally cultivated in paddy field or mud, and the water demand varies with the growth and development stage. Sandy soil with poor water and fertilizer conservation or cold-soaked fields with low ground temperature are not suitable for planting. Reproduce with seeds.