Dan Zhu Ye - 淡竹葉 - Herba Lophatheri - Bamboo Leaves And Stem

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Lophatheri
Common English:	Bamboo Leaves and Stem / Lophatherum Lophatheri Leaves and Stem

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bland	Cold	Heart Small Intestine Stomach ( Bladder)	6-16g Tincture: 2-4 ml 6-9g (Secondary source)

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

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

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

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Concurrent use with diuretics such as chlorothiazide, hydrochlorothiazide furosemide (Lasix) bumetanide (Bumex) and torsemide (Demadex) may lead to increased elimination of water and electrolytes.

Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao	Tub. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong Rz. Phragmitis Lu Gen Rx. Trichosanthis Tian Hua Fen	Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu
Late stage febrile disease with residual fever, sensations of Heat in the chest, desire for cold drinks, and a red tongue with a thin coat Lingering fever from febrile disease with insomnia, irritability and a scanty dry tongue coat. Cough with fever in children. Heart and Stomach Heat with mouth ulcers and swollen gums.	Heat attacking the Lung and Stomach with a sensation of irritability in the chest and thirst.	Febrile disease with irritability and thirst. Heat attacking the Stomach with thirst and stomatitis.
Caulis Akebiae Mu Tong Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang	Plumula Nelumbinis Lian Zi Xin	Caul. Akebiae Mu Tong Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi Rx. Rehmanniae Sheng Di Huang
Sensation of Heat and irritability in the chest and Stomach, sores of the mouth and tongue, and dark, scanty urine due to Heat in the Heart and Stomach channels.	Tongue ulcers.	Dysuria due to Small Intestine Heat.

The root is used to induce abortion and speed a difficult labor.
The leaf is harmful to the fetus.
Its typical use is in febrile disease where Heat is penetrating inward and downward.
Its sweet taste allows it to help tonify weaker patients.
According to some sources, it moistens Dryness and has a purgative action.
It is beneficial for cold sores (herpes).
Rather than acting as a chief herb, it serves as an effective assistant.
Dan Zhu Ye and Fr. Gardeniae Zhi Zi both cool Heat, relieve irritability and promote urination. Zhi Zi is extremely bitter and cold and enters both the Qi and Blood levels; it drains constrained Heat from the San Jiao, cools the Blood and resolves toxicity, while also clearing the Liver and Gallbladder. It is outstanding for eliminating irritable constraint. Dan Zhu Ye is gentler and enters the Qi level only; besides being bitter and cold it is also acrid, so it can vent and disseminate Heat. It mainly treats the Heart and Lungs, and the Stomach to a lesser degree. It is also useful for cough from Wind-Heat and mouth ulcers from Heat in the Heart.
Also known as Zhu Ye.

Dan Zhu Ye (bamboo leaf) — residual/latent heat: Signals chronic recurring infection with residual (latent, fu) heat, distinct from herbs for wind-heat or internal heat; bamboo shoots act as the food catalyst. (Yuen)