Dan Zhu Ye
| Dan Zhu Ye in TCM:Explore the properties of Dan Zhu Ye according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: lophatherum, common lophatherum
Pharmacuetical Name: Herba Lophatheri
Properties: sweet, bland, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: ST, HT, SI
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat
Actions / Indications:
- Clears heat, eliminates irritability (irritability
and thirst in warm febrile disease)
- Promotes urination (HT fire
transferring to SI; rough, scanty, painful urination, with irritability,
red tongue tip, and mouth and tongue sores)
Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Dan Zhu Ye acts as both a diuretic and an anti-pyretic.
Contraindications:
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