Light bamboo leaves
[Light bamboo leaves] Danzhuye is the dry stems and leaves of the light bamboo leaves of Gramineae plants. Mainly produced in the Yangtze River Basin to all parts of South China. At the end of summer, the flowers are cut before cutting, dried and cut, and used.
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[Medicine] sweet, light, cold. Heart, stomach, small intestine.
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[Efficacy] clearing heat and purging fire, in addition to annoying, diuretic.
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[Application] 1. The fever is polydipsia. This product is cold and cold, the main heart can clear the heart to clear the trouble, into the stomach and ventilate the stomach to quench the thirst. It is used to treat stagnation of fever, upset and thirst, often with medicinal herbs such as gypsum and reed rhizome; or with medicinal herbs such as astragalus, anemarrhena, and wheaten, such as light bamboo leaf soup ("Medical Enlightenment").
2. Aphthous urinary red, hot dripping pain. This product is cold and can clear the heart and stomach, and can dilute the diuretic. With the heart, stomach fire, mouth sores and heat transfer small intestine hot dripping pain, can be used with talc, Rhizoma Imperata, rush and other medicinal.
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[Usage and dosage] decoction, 6-9g.
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[modern research]
1. Chemical composition: This product contains triterpenoids, such as ruthenium, chlorpyrifos, dandelion and steroids such as β-sitosterol, stigmasterol, campesterol, dandelion sterol and so on.
2. Pharmacological action: This product has antipyretic effect on water extract; this product has weak diuretic effect and increases the discharge of chloride in urine; its crude extract has anti-tumor effect; its decoction against Staphylococcus aureus Hemolytic streptococcus has an inhibitory effect. In addition, there is also a role in raising blood sugar.
3. Clinical research: using light bamboo leaves with rehmannia, turf, licorice, etc. to make reddening, with the addition and subtraction of the syndrome, 64 cases of viral myocarditis, 55 cases of recovery, 9 cases improved (Zhejiang Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1987, 1:43) 8 cases of Baisai syndrome treated with Zhixie Sanwei, basically cured in 7 days (Shandong Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1983, 5:43); 1 case of intractable vomiting and hiccup treated with Zhuye Gypsum Decoction (New Chinese Medicine, 1987, 10:16).
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ã€Abstract of Ancient Books】
1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Go to the heat, urinate, clear heart."
2. "Herbal Herbs": "Drinking and quenching thirst, in addition to scorching, clear eyes, urinating, treating white turbidity, fever, dispersing acne."
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