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Alternate English names: lophatherum [leaf]

Alternate Chinese names: 竹叶²

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Lophatherum gracile Brongn. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Lophatherum gracile Brongn.*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing fire-draining agents

Properties: Sweet, bland; cold.

Channel entry: Heart, stomach, and small intestine channels.

Actions and indications:

• Clears heat and eliminates vexation: Febrile disease with vexation and thirst.
• Frees urine: Mouth sores with reddish urine, water swelling with scant urine, or jaundice with reddish urine.

Dosage and method: Oral: 10–15g in decoctions.

Product description: This leaf is 5–20 cm long and 2–3.5 cm wide. It is green or yellowish green in color and may or may not have soft hair on both its surfaces. It has parallel veins with distinct transverse venules. It is soft and supple in texture. The stalk is 1–2 mm in diameter. Leaves are sold with stalks, usually bound in neat bundles, and cut into 2–3 cm lengths.

Quality: Best are clean, dry, green leaves without flowers.

Production area: Zhèjiāng, Jiāngsū, Húnán, Húběi, Guǎngdōng, ānhuī, Jiāngxī, Sìchuān, Fújiàn, Hénán.

Etymology: The name dà zhú yè 淡竹叶 literally means bland bamboo leaf.

See: Zhú yè¹ (竹叶¹ Bambusae Folium, black bamboo leaf); Dàn zhú yè (淡竹叶 Lophatheri Herba, lophatherum)

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