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Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶

He Ye (TCM)
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Descourtilz, M.E., Flore médicale des Antilles, vol. 8 (1829)


Botanical name:
Nelumbo nucifera

Parts used:
Leaf, fresh or dried

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral (slightly Cool), Bitter, slightly Sweet

Uses:
1. Clears Heat:
-Fever, Irritability, Excess Sweating
-Thirst due to Fever
-especially for 'Summer-heat'; acute Heat disorders in Summer

2. Raises the Yang, Stops Leakage:
-Diarrhea from Spleen deficiency

3. Stops Bleeding:
-Bleeding from the lower body from Heat
-Vomiting Blood
-abnormal Uterine Bleeding from Blood heat (Chinese Pharmacopoeia)
-the carbonised leaf is especially used for Bleeding


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DOSE:
Fresh leaf is stronger for clearing Heat, especially during the Summer. It's also best for Bleeding from Heat in the Blood.
3–9 grams in Decoction; 15–30 grams of the Fresh leaf; 3–6 grams of the carbonised leaf

PREPARATION:
1. The leaf is carbonised to enhance the Hemostatic effect.

Main Combinations:
1. Summer-heat disorders, Lotus leaf with Lonicera Jin Yin Hua,
2. Bleeding from Heat, Lotus leaf with Madder (Qian Cao Gen), Crisium Xiao Ji, Rhubarb (Da Huang), all partially charred (as in Shi Hui San [Ten Partially-Charred Substances Powder])


Cautions:

Main Preparations used:

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