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Bamboo leaf (Zhuye)
Pharmaceutical Name: Folium bambusae
Botanical Name: Phyllostachy nigra (Lodd.)
Munro var. henonis (Mitf.) Stapf ex Rendle
Common Name: Bamboo leaf, Bambusa
Source of Earliest Record: Mingyi Bielu
Part Used & Method for Pharamceutical
Preparations: The leaves are picked at any
time. It is best to prepare fresh leaves for
use.
Properties & Taste : Sweet and cold
Meridians: Heart, lung and stomach
Functions:
1. To clear heat and relieve irritability;
2. To promote urination
Indications & Combinations:
1. Thirst in febrile disease. Bamboo leaf
(Zhuye) is used with Gypsum (Shigao) and Ophiopogon
root (Maidong) in the formula Zhuye Shigao
Tang.
2. Flaring up of heart fire manifested as
ulceration in the mouth or on the tongue;
or heart fire shifting to the small intestine
manifested as dribbling urination. Bamboo
leaf (Zhuye) is used with Clematis stem (Mutong)
and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) in
the formula Daochi San.
Dosage: 6-15 g |
