Individual Herbs Notebook

Dan Zhu Ye

Pharmaceutical: Herba Lophatheri

Other names: Bamboo Leaves and Stem

Category: Herbs that Clear Heat



Properties: Cold, bitter, sweet and bland

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Small Intestine, Lung and Stomach


Traditional Actions/Indications:
  1. Clears Heat and eliminates irritability
    Internal Heat patterns with irritability, restlessness, dry mouth and thirst
    Mouth and lip ulcers ulcers due to Heat in the Heart or Stomach channels
  2. Promotes urination and clears Damp-Heat
    Rough, scanty, painful urination
    Especially useful for Heat in the Small Intestine channel with rough, scanty, painful urination, irritability and a dark, red tip of the tongue

Suggested Daily Dosage: 5-15g in decoction.


Notable Constituents:
Appears in 22 formulae listed on this site: (click to display)
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