Health benefits of Anemarrhena

Anemarrhena is said by traditional Chinese medicine to have cooling properties and is used to treat health disorders related to excessive heat and dryness. It brings relief for fevers, hot flashes, intense thirst, and heat in the lungs from dry coughing, and it also relaxes tension. Anemarrhena has been used as an anti-inflammatory, antibacterial substance that helps to slow the progress of tuberculosis, treat the chronic coughing associated with bronchitis, heal infections of the bladder associated with urinary tract infections, reduce nocturnal emissions, and decrease an excessively high sex drive.

Precautions for taking Anemarrhena

Those suffering from diarrhea should not use anemarrhena.