INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba Phylostachys Nigra |
| Common English: | Bamboo Leaf |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet Bland |
Cold |
Heart Stomach Lung |
6-15g Maximum dose: 30g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Heat, relieves irritability and generates Body Fluids |
Heat in the Heart and Stomach with irritability and thirst |
Clears Heat and promotes urination |
Heart and Small Intestine Heat with dysuria |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Anemarrhenae |
Rx. Ophiopogonis |
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Heat Attacking the Heart with irritability. |
Heat Attacking the Stomach with thirst and stomatitis. |
Heat Attacking the Lung and Stomach. |
Fr. Forsythiae |
Pl. Nelumbinis |
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Wind-Heat with thirst. |
Ulcers on the tongue. |
Restless crying in children. |
Concretio Silicea Bambusae |
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Delirium. |
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- Zhu Ye and Hb. Lophatheri Dan Zhu Ye are two different herbs but are similar in name and function. Zhu Ye is stronger at clearing Heat from the Heart and Stomach. Dan Zhu Ye is stronger at clearing Heat and promoting urination.