Dan Zhu Ye (Lophatherum Stem and Leaves)

Herb 1 of 14 in Herbs that Drain Fire

Channels:

HT, SI, ST

Properties:

Sweet, Bland, Cold

Latin:

Herba Lophatheri Gracilis

Chinese:

淡竹叶

Tone Marks:

dàn zhú yè

Translation:

Bland Bamboo Leaves

Chinese Herb Actions

• Clears Heat, Calms the Spirit, and Relieves Thirst
  For heat conditions with irritability. Also used for stomach heat causing thirst, and for heat in the Heart and stomach channels causing mouth sores and swollen gums.
• Clears Damp-Heat and Promotes Urination
  For acute, scanty, and painful urination. Also used for heat in the small intestine channel giving rise to dysuria, irritability, and a dark red tip on the tongue.

Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions

• Do not use during pregnancy.

Herb-Drug Interactions

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Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose

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Chinese Herb Dosage

• 6-9 grams.
• Part used: leaves.

This Herb Appears in the Following Formulas:

• Dao Chi San (Guide Out the Red Powder)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Organs
• Qing Luo Yin (Clear the Collaterals Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Relieve Summerheat
• Qing Shu Yi Qi Tang (Clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Relieve Summerheat
• Qing Wen Bai Du Yin (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxins Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
• Qing Ying Tang (Clear the Nutritive Level Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Nutritive Level and Cool the Blood
• San Ren Tang (Three Nut Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Damp-Heat
• Xiao Ji Yin Zi (Cephalanoplos Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat and Stop Bleeding
• Yin Qiao San (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder)
  Category: Formulas that Release Exterior Wind-Heat
• Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang (Lophatherus and Gypsum Decoction)
  Category: Formulas that Clear Heat from the Qi Level