Ingredient Spotlight

Water Plantain / Ze Xie

Traditionally supports: Natural fluid flow, Restorative comfort, Strengthened vitality, and Blood flow support

How It's Used

In Chinese herbal traditions, Water Plantain has long been treasured for its ability to help restore balance by promoting natural fluid flow and addressing internal warmth or dampness. This aligns with its role in supporting overall harmony within the body.

In Western herbal practices, Water Plantain is celebrated for its ability to ease water retention and promote comfort while offering natural support for the liver and immune system. Known for its versatile properties, it also contributes to overall vitality.

Fun Fact: Often found in ponds and lakes, Water Plantain’s striking, lily-like appearance belies the true star: its underground rhizome, revered in both Traditional Chinese herbal practices for its beneficial properties.

Ze Xie was added along with Zhi Mu to help nourish yin and clear yin deficiency heat. Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan is a classical Chinese herbal formula that contains Ze Xie and Zhi Mu, along with the following herbs that are also found in Elix Cycle Balance: Foxglove, Moutan, and Poria.

- Lulu Ge, Founder

What the research says.

Proven by 486 clinical trials (and counting), doctors of all backgrounds can finally agree on the healing properties of this powerful herb.

Triterpenoids From Alisma Species: Phytochemistry, Structure Modification, and Bioactivities

Triterpenoids are the main secondary metabolites isolated from Ze Xie, and reported with various bioactive properties, including anticancer, lipid-regulating, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral and diuretic activities.

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Alisol A Suppresses Proliferation, Migration, and Invasion in Human Breast Cancer MDA-MB-231 Cells

Alisol A, a component of Ze Xie, could inhibit the proliferation and metastasis of MDA-MB-231 cells. It could be a promising agent for breast cancer therapy.

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Therapeutic potential of Rhizoma Alismatis: A review on ethnomedicinal application, phytochemistry, pharmacology, and toxicology

The pharmacological studies show that Ze Xie exhibits diuretic, anti-urolithiatic, anti-hyperlipidemia, antidiabetics, antitumor, antioxidative, anti-inflammatory, anti-complementary activities.

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Novel C-17 spirost protostane-type triterpenoids from Alisma plantago-aquatica with anti-inflammatory activity in Caco-2 cells

Based on the available results, protostane-type triterpenoids might be the main active ingredients for the anti-inflammatory activities of Ze Xie.

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