He Ye

Herbs that Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity 

 

 

Channels: HT, LIV, SP

Properties: Bitter, Slightly Sweet, Neutral

Common: Lotus Leaf

Latin: Folium Nelumbinis Nuciferae

 

Actions:

  • Relieves summerheat: for excessive sweating, fever, and irritability due to summerheat.
  • Raises the clear yang of the spleen: especially effective in treating diarrhea due to summerheat, spleen deficiency, or in recovering from summerheat.
  • Stops bleeding: for bleeding in the lower jiao from heat or stagnation, and for vomiting blood.

Contraindications:

  • Caution when bleeding is due to cold from deficiency. This herb may counteract Sclerotium Poriae Cocos (fu ling).

Dosage:

  • 9-15g, up to 30g if used alone or in a small formula. Used fresh to stop bleeding as a compress or wash. Part used = leaf.