Nelumbo folium, Lotus Leaf, He Ye 荷叶
He Ye (TCM)
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
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.
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, with Lonicera Jin Yin Hua,
2. Bleeding from Heat, with Madder (Qian Cao Gen), Crisium Xiao Ji, Rhubarb (Da Huang), all partially charred (as in Shi Hui San [Ten Partially-Charred Substances Powder])
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Cautions:
Main Preparations used:
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