Diuretic / fluid retention
Notice
This does not replace a doctor. Information is for educational purposes only. Serious or persistent symptoms → see a qualified professional.
Folk use
Traditional and folk associations have not been clinically validated. They are not treatments.
Plants traditionally associated with Diuretic / fluid retention
- Horse ChestnutAesculus hippocastanumClinicalDanger
- Astragalus (Huang Qi)Astragalus membranaceusClinicalCaution
- PurslanePortulaca oleraceaClinicalCaution
- Rosehip / dog roseRosa caninaClinicalCaution
- Stinging NettleUrtica dioicaClinicalCaution
- PunarnavaBoerhavia diffusaPreclinicalCaution
- Apamarga (prickly chaff flower)Achyranthes asperaPreclinicalCaution
- Kakamachi (black nightshade)Solanum nigrumPreclinicalCaution
- Han fang ji / fang ji (防己)Stephania tetrandraPreclinicalDanger
- BurdockArctium lappaPreclinicalCaution
- Wild asparagusAsparagus officinalisPreclinicalCaution
- Shepherd's PurseCapsella bursa-pastorisPreclinicalCaution
- ChicoryCichorium intybusPreclinicalCaution
- Wild strawberryFragaria vescaPreclinical
- ElecampaneInula heleniumPreclinicalCaution
- JuniperJuniperus communisPreclinicalDanger
- DandelionTaraxacum officinalePreclinicalCaution
- Fu ling / poriaWolfiporia extensaPreclinical
- Corn / CornsilkZea maysPreclinical
- BirchBetula pendulaTraditional (systematized)Caution
- HorsetailEquisetum arvenseTraditional (systematized)Caution
- ParsleyPetroselinum crispumTraditional (systematized)Danger
- BirchBetulaFolk
- Cleavers / GoosegrassGalium aparineFolkCaution
- Abkhasian/Caucasian borageTrachystemon orientalisFolkCaution