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 |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The leaves are picked at any time. It is best to prepare fresh leaves for use. |
| Properties and Taste: | Sweet and cold |
| Meridian: | Heart, lung, and stomach |
| Functions: | To clear heat and relieve irritability To promote urination |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Thirst in febrile disease *Use with Gypsum (Shigao) and Ophiopogon root (Maidong) in the formula Zhuye Shigao Tang. 2. Flaring up of heat fire manifested as ulceration in the mouth or on the tongue; or heart fire shifting to the small intestine manifested as dribbling urination. *Use with Clematis stem (Mutong) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) in the formula Daochi San. |
| Dosage: | 6-15 g |