Luo Bu Ma Ye - 罗布麻葉 - Folium Apocyni Veneti

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Folium Apocyni Veneti
Common English:	Dogbane Leaf

Category

Substances that Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet Bitter	Cool	Liver	3-15g

Actions And Indications

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Calms Liver Yang, clears Liver Fire and extinguishes Wind	Liver Yang Rising or Liver Fire with dizziness, headaches, vertigo, irritability, restlessness and insomnia Hypertension
Clears Heat and facilitates urination	Edema and urinary difficulty with Heat
Nourishes the Heart and Calms the Shen	Insomnia, palpitations, generalized nervous conditions Post-concussion syndrome
Enhances Health in the middle-aged and elderly

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

Major Combinations

Concha Ostreae Mu Li Concha Haliotidis Jue Ming Zi Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi	Ram. cum Uncis Uncariae Gou Teng Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao Flos Chrysanthemi Indici Ye Ju Hua	Sm. Plantaginis Che Qian Zi Polyporus Zhu Ling Rz. Alismatis Ze Xie
Dizziness and vertigo from ascendant Liver Yang.	Dizziness and vertigo from Liver Fire. Hypertension.	Edema with reduced urination.

Notes

1. It may be used on its own as an infusion or decoction.
2. Its effect on edema and urinary difficulty with Heat is strong, and it can be used alone for this purpose.
3. Eating the leaves may cause vomiting, diarrhea, epigastric discomfort, dry mouth, abdominal tension, weakness, wheezing or pain over the Liver.
4. Hypokalemia can result from long-term use.
5. Luo Bu Ma Ye and Rz. Gastrodiae Tian Ma both calm the Liver. Tian Ma is sweet and neutral; it stops spasms and extinguishes Wind. It also unblocks the collaterals and dispels Wind to stop pain, treating numbness in the limbs and Wind-Damp Bi. Luo Bu Ma Ye is sweet, bitter and cool; it calms the Liver and lowers blood pressure while promoting urination and clearing Heat. It is used for Damp-Heat with urinary difficulty and for hypertension.
6. According to one source, this herb eases coughs and lessens the severity of asthma attacks: for Wind-Heat-type colds, fever and coughs, it is taken as a decoction or tea.