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<p>home-claude: create Category:Diuretic herbs (approved 2026-05-25; dandelion publish Q1)</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>A &#039;&#039;&#039;diuretic herb&#039;&#039;&#039; is a plant medicine that increases urine volume and urinary excretion, used traditionally for fluid retention, minor urinary complaints, urinary-tract supportive care, and as an adjunct in kidney-stone prevention by increasing urinary flow. The principal mechanism of most herbal diuretics is aquaretic: an increase in glomerular filtration rate or inhibition of tubular reabsorption without the proportional potassium loss (hypokalemia) associated with synthetic loop diuretics (furosemide) and thiazides (hydrochlorothiazide).<br /> <br /> The most clinically evidenced herbal diuretic is dandelion leaf (&#039;&#039;Taraxacum officinale&#039;&#039;): a human clinical study by Clare and colleagues (2009) demonstrated significant acute increases in urine volume and urinary frequency following three doses of a dandelion leaf extract over seven hours, with no significant reduction in urinary potassium -- consistent with the leaf&#039;s high potassium content counterbalancing urinary losses. The aquaretic mechanism distinguishes dandelion from synthetic diuretics and is the pharmacological basis of the herb&#039;s traditional use for fluid-retention states without the associated electrolyte risk.<br /> <br /> The diuretic-herb category includes: the classical aquaretics (dandelion leaf, couch grass, cleavers, corn silk, goldenrod), the kidney-stone-prevention and urinary-tract-soothing herbs (uva ursi, buchu, juniper), and herbs with secondary diuretic action alongside a primary indication elsewhere (nettle, parsley seed, celery seed). Several herbs in this category also appear in [[:Category:Urological_herbs|urological herbs]] for their overlap with urinary-tract infection and prostate-related indications.<br /> <br /> == Members indexed ==<br /> <br /> Dandelion (&#039;&#039;Taraxacum officinale&#039;&#039;, leaf preparation).<br /> <br /> == Notes on scope ==<br /> <br /> The pharmaceutical diuretics ([[:Category:Loop_diuretics|loop diuretics]], [[:Category:Thiazides|thiazides]], potassium-sparing diuretics) are listed under their own categories. This category covers the plant-medicine tradition of diuretic herbs as recognised in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, the German Commission E, and the EMA HMPC traditional-use assessments.<br /> <br /> == About these pages ==<br /> <br /> [[:Category:CuratedCategoryPage|Curated category pages]] in the Pharmacopedia are written and maintained by the editorial team. Members are listed when a full page exists; herbs with planned pages will be added on publication.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Plants]]<br /> [[Category:Herbal medicines]]<br /> [[Category:CuratedCategoryPage]]</div>

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