''Alisma orientale'', commonly known as Asian water plantain is a flowering plant species in the genus ''

Alisma ''Alisma'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Alismataceae, members of which are commonly known as water-plantains. The genus consists of aquatic plants with leaves either floating or submerged, found in a variety of still water habit ...

'' found in Asia. ''Alisma orientale'' is sometimes treated as a variety of ''

Alisma plantago-aquatica ''Alisma plantago-aquatica'', also known as European water-plantain, common water-plantain or mad-dog weed, is a perennial flowering plant, flowering aquatic plant widespread across most of Europe and Asia, and apparently spread elsewhere in both ...

'' (''Alisma plantago-aquatica'' var. ''orientale''). The rhizomes of ''A. orientale'' have been used as a

traditional Chinese medicine Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...

, ''ze xie''. However, it may have serious side effects or even toxic effects such as

hepatotoxicity Hepatotoxicity (from ''hepatic toxicity'') implies chemical-driven liver damage. Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a cause of acute and chronic liver disease caused specifically by medications and the most common reason for a drug to be withdr ...

. The rhizome of the plant is also a herb used in kampo Japanese medicine. The seed contains cis-aconitic anhydride ethyl ester and cis-2,4,5-trihydroxycinnamic acid.

References

* Flora U.R.S.S. 1:281. 1933

External links

* orientale Freshwater plants Flora of China Flora of Japan Plants used in traditional Chinese medicine Plants described in 1933 {{Alismatales-stub