淡竹叶 Dan zhu Ye – Lophatheri Herba

Dan zhu Ye 淡竹叶 – dan zhu ye,Lophatheri Herba,Bamboo Leaves,Lophatheri Gracilis,dan zhu ye tcm,herba lophatheri,Bamboo Leaves
[Medicinal Use] This product is the root of Bamboo Leaves of the Poaceae family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Sweet, cold. Enters the heart and small intestine meridians.
[Effects] Clears heat and relieves restlessness, and promotes diuresis.
[Clinical Application] Used for fever, thirst, mouth sores, short and red urine, damp-heat jaundice, etc.
Bamboo Leaves (Dan zhu Ye) can clear the heart fire and relieve restlessness, and can promote urination and penetrate dampness. For clearing the heart, it can be used with Coptis chinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, Akebia, Licorice, etc.; for penetrating dampness and heat, it can be used with talcum powder, Artemisia capillaris, Tongcao, etc.
[Prescription name] Bamboo Leaves(Dan zhu Ye) (washed and dried)
[Dosis general y uso] De tres a cinco monedas, decocidas y tomadas.
[Notes] 1. Bamboo Leaves(Dan zhu Ye), a drug, was first recorded in Compendium of Materia Medica. It is not the leaves of Bamboo Leaves or Bitter Bamboo (fresh bamboo leaves), but the leaves of another herb “Bamboo Leaves(Dan zhu Ye)”. From this, we can know that before the Ming Dynasty, some commonly used prescriptions with bamboo leaves and other medicines all used fresh bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye), not light bamboo leaves.
2. Both fresh bamboo leaves and light bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye) can clear the heart and relieve troubles, and promote urination, but fresh bamboo leaves have a better effect in clearing the heart and heat, and can cool the stomach, and can also be used to treat wind-heat in the upper part of the body; light bamboo leaves have a better diuretic effect, and are good at penetrating dampness and relieving heat.
3. Now most general pharmacies do not have fresh bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye). If the prescription only writes bamboo leaves, they are all light bamboo leaves. If fresh bamboo leaves are needed, they must be collected temporarily.
4. According to literature records, the roots of light bamboo leaves can break blood and cause abortion, which needs to be studied.
This product is the dried stems and leaves of the grass plant Lophatherum graci/e Brongn. It is harvested before the flower spikes appear in summer and dried in the sun.
[Propiedades]
This product is 25~75cm long. The stem is round and has nodes. The surface is light yellow-green, the cross section is hollow, and the leaf sheath is cracked. The leaves are lanceolate, some are wrinkled and curled, 5~20cm long and 1~3.5cm wide; the surface is light green or yellow-green. The veins are parallel, with transverse veinlets, forming a rectangular grid, which is particularly obvious on the lower surface. The body is light and the texture is flexible. The smell is slight and the taste is light. [Identification]
The leaf surface of this product: the upper epidermal cells are rectangular or quasi-square, the anticlinal wall is wavy, and circular palisade cells can be seen below. The long cells and short cells of the lower epidermis are arranged alternately or connected in several ways. The long cells are rectangular, and the anticlinal wall is wavy: the short cells are dumbbell-shaped siliceous cells and quasi-square cork cells, and the short cells are in clusters at the leaf veins: there are many stomata, the guard cells are dumbbell-shaped, and the accessory cells are nearly circular triangular. There are three types of non-glandular hairs: one is a single-cell long non-glandular hair: one is a single-cell short non-glandular hair, which is short conical: the other is a double-cell short hair, which is occasionally seen.
[Inspección]
The moisture content shall not exceed 13.0% (General Rule 0832, Method 2).
Total ash content shall not exceed 11.0% (General Rule 2302).

Piezas de decocción
[Tratamiento]
Remove impurities and cut into sections.
[Propiedades]
This product is in irregular sections and slices, with visible stem fragments, nodes and cracked leaf sheaths. Leaf fragments are light green or yellow-green, some are wrinkled and curled, with parallel veins and transverse veins, forming a rectangular grid, which is particularly obvious on the lower surface. Light body, flexible texture. Slight smell, light taste.
[Inspección]
Acid insoluble ash content shall not exceed 5.0% (General Rule 2302).
[Identificación][Inspección]
(Water content, total ash content) Same as medicinal materials.
[Naturaleza y sabor y meridianos]
Sweet, light, cold. Entrance to the heart, stomach, and small intestine meridians.
[Funciones e indicaciones]
Clears heat and purges fire, relieves restlessness and thirst, and promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. Used for fever, thirst, short, red, astringent and painful urination, and sores in the mouth and tongue.
[Uso y dosis]
6~10 gramos.
【Almacenamiento】
Colóquelo en un lugar seco.
Where is the main production area of ​​Lophatherum gracile Brongn?
It is mainly produced in Zhejiang and Jiangsu.
Where is the main medicinal part of Lophatherum gracile Brongn?
Medicinal parts of Lophatherum gracile Brongn:
Lophatherum gracile is the dried stems and leaves of the Gramineae plant Lophatherum gracile Brongn. It is harvested in summer before the flowering spikes and dried in the sun.
Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Lophatherum gracile:
This product is 25~75cm long. The stem is cylindrical, with nodes, the surface is light yellow-green, and the cross section is hollow. The leaf sheath is cracked. The leaves are lanceolate, some are wrinkled and curled, 5~20cm long, 1~3.5cm wide; the surface is light green or yellow-green. The veins are parallel, with transverse veins, forming a rectangular grid, which is particularly obvious on the lower surface. It is light and flexible. The smell is slight and the taste is light.
How are the leaves of bamboo recorded in ancient books?
“Compendium of Materia Medica·Volume 16”: “Remove irritability and heat, promote urination, and clear the heart.
“Essentials of the Nature of Raw Herbs”: “It can eliminate phlegm and quench thirst, eliminate upper-burner fire, brighten the eyes, promote urination, treat leucorrhea, reduce fever, and disperse hemorrhoids and sores.
“New Materia Medica”: “clears heart fire, promotes urination, relieves restlessness and thirst, treats smallpox in children, and treats external symptoms.
Efectos
The Chinese medicinal material Dan zhu ye has the effects of clearing heat and purging fire, relieving restlessness and thirst, and promoting urination and relieving stranguria.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Danzhuye?
The Chinese medicinal material Danzhuye is used for fever and thirst, short, red, astringent and painful urine, and sores in the mouth and tongue. Fever and thirst
It can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc. to treat fever and damage to body fluid, restlessness and thirst. It can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Ophiopogon japonicus, etc.
Sores in the mouth and tongue, soreness in the heat and stranguria
It can treat the red tip of the tongue and sores in the mouth and tongue due to the inflammation of the heart fire; or the red and astringent urine of the small intestine due to the downward movement of the heart heat, and the burning pain in the urethra. It is often used with Akebia tongren, Gardenia jasminoides, and Rehmannia glutinosa.
The use of Chinese medicinal materials must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. It should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it is even more forbidden to listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
Danzhuye What other effects are there?
In my country’s traditional food culture, some Chinese medicinal materials are often widely consumed as food ingredients among the people, that is, substances that are both food and Chinese medicinal materials according to tradition (i.e. edible medicinal substances). According to the documents issued by the National Health Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation, light bamboo leaves can be used as both medicine and food within a limited range of use and dosage.
The commonly used medicinal diet recipes for light bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye) are as follows:
. Thirst and frequent drinking, upset and red eyes, sores in the mouth and tongue, swollen and painful gums, short and red urine, or dripping and painful: 30g of light bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye), 50g of polished rice, and appropriate amount of rock sugar. Decoction of light bamboo leaves with water, remove the residue, replace water with light bamboo leaf soup, add washed polished rice to cook porridge, and when the porridge is about to be cooked, add rock sugar, mix well and continue to cook until the porridge is thick. 1 dose per day, for 3 to 5 consecutive days.
Late stage of fever, dry mouth caused by insufficient qi and yin, Thirst, shortness of breath, fatigue: 3g of American ginseng, 50g of polished rice, 10g of Ophiopogon japonicus, 10g of Bamboo Leaf. Grind American ginseng into powder, decoct Ophiopogon japonicus and Bamboo Leaf in water, remove the residue and take the juice, then add American ginseng powder and polished rice, simmer and cook for porridge.
What are the compound preparations containing Bamboo Leaf?
Yinqiao Powder
It is pungent and cool to penetrate the surface, clear away heat and detoxify. It is used for exogenous wind-cold, fever and headache, dry mouth and cough, sore throat, and short and red urine. Yinqiao Jiedu Tablets
It can dispel wind and relieve the surface, clear away heat and detoxify. It is used for wind-heat cold, with symptoms of fever and headache, cough and dry mouth, and sore throat.
Zhiqin Qingre Mixture
It can dispel wind and dissipate heat, clear away heat and detoxify. It is used for triple-burner heat and toxicity, fever and headache, mouth, red urine, etc.
Runfei Zhisou Pills
It can moisten the lungs and calm asthma, stop cough and resolve phlegm. It is used for cough and shortness of breath, phlegm congestion, and hoarseness caused by weak lung qi.
Xiao Seven Star Tea Oral Liquid for Children
It can stimulate appetite, eliminate stagnation, clear away heat and calm the nerves. It is used for children with stagnation and heat, indigestion, loss of appetite, irritability and fright, restless sleep, poor bowel movements, and short and red stools.
Modern research progress on light bamboo leaves
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as antipyretic, diuretic, anti-tumor, antibacterial, and blood sugar elevation.
How to use it
Light bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye) have the effects of clearing heat and purging fire, eliminating restlessness and thirst, and diuretic and relieving stranguria. It can be taken orally. Please follow the doctor’s instructions for specific usage and dosage.
How to use light bamboo leaves correctly?
When light bamboo leaves(Dan zhu Ye) are decoctioned for oral administration, the usual dosage is 6~15g.
Light bamboo leaves are generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and can also be made into powders or pills for consumption. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, and Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements should not be believed at will.
In addition, bamboo leaves can also be used for daily health care. Common methods of consumption are as follows:
· Boil water: Boil bamboo leaves in water and drink instead of tea to prevent sore throat.
· Cook porridge: bamboo leaves should be thin when cooking porridge, not thick; suitable for thirst, frequent drinking, upset and red eyes, mouth sores, swollen and painful gums, short and red urine,
How to prepare bamboo leaves?
Take the original medicine, cut off the roots, pick out impurities, pat off the dust, cut into 3-centimeter long horizontal slices, and dry them in the sun
Which medicines should be used with bamboo leaves at the same time?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and the combined use of Chinese and Western medicines require syndrome differentiation and clinical individualized treatment
If you are using other medicines, please consult a doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and treatment plans you are receiving
Instrucciones de uso
Bamboo leaves are cold and clear, so those with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold and yin deficiency and fire should not take them.
What precautions should be taken when using bamboo leaves?
·Those without real fire and damp heat should be cautious, and those with weak body and cold should not take them.
During medication, be careful not to eat cold, raw and cold food, spicy and greasy food, and avoid smoking and drinking.
This product has a slight smell and a light taste. It is better to have more leaves and green color. Use it raw.
Mujeres embarazadas y lactantes: si está embarazada, planea estar embarazada o está amamantando, informe a su médico a tiempo y consulte si puede utilizar la medicina china para el tratamiento.
· Niños: La medicación infantil debe tomarse bajo guía de un médico y supervisión de un adulto.
Please properly store the medicinal materials and do not give your own medicinal materials to others. .
Evite utilizar utensilios de cobre o hierro para decoctar medicamentos.
How to identify and use light bamboo leaves?
Light bamboo leaves and bamboo leaves
· Both are heat-clearing medicines, derived from the Poaceae family, sweet and light in taste, cold in nature, and belong to the heart, stomach and small intestine meridians. They can clear heat and relieve restlessness, promote diuresis, and treat heart fire inflammation and downward movement of the small intestine, causing mouth sores, red urine, fever, restlessness, and hot stranguria.
However, bamboo leaves are the leaves of the tree or shrub Bamboo, which have strong power to clear the heart and relieve restlessness, and are often used for restlessness caused by fever. They are also pungent, clearing and dispersing, and can cool and disperse the wind-heat in the upper part of the body, and treat wind-heat symptoms or the initial stage of febrile diseases.
Bamboo leaves are the leaves of the herbaceous plant Bamboo leaves, which have strong power to promote urination, and are often used for mouth sores, red urine, and painful stranguria caused by heat, and can also treat edema, oliguria, and red urine caused by jaundice.