Dan Zhu Ye

1 TASTE
Sweet or on taste and cold

2 MERIDIANS
Heart, stomach and small intestine

3 FUNCTIONS
1. To clear heat and benefit urination, 2. To clear heat in the heart and lessen irritability

4 INDICATIONS
1.Febrile diseases manifested as irritability, thirst and fever. Lophatherum (Dan Zhu Ye) is used with Gypsum (Shi Gao) and Anemarrhena rhizome (Zhi Mu).2.Heat in heart, stomach and small intestine manifested as ulcerations of the mouth and tongue and scanty, painful urination. Lophatherum (Danzhuye) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuag) and Clematis stem (Mu Tong).

5 DOSAGE
5-10g

6 COUTIONS
The herb should be used with caution during pregnancy.