Fan Xie Ye
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Name: Senna Leaf (番瀉葉)
Pinyin: Fan Xie Ye
Pharm. Name: Folium Sennae
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Sweet, Bitter |
Relax bowels with purgative. |
Large Intestine |
3-10g, 1.503g (Tea) |
Description:
A special tea leaf that Its nature of bitter-cold with action of purgation is similar to that of Da Huang. Except for purgation and resolving accumulation, it can also clear excess heat and mainly indicated for heat constipation, and also for habitual constipation or senile constipation. It can be infused singly, or combined with Zhi Shi Hou Po to mutually reinforce the action of resolving accumulation with purgative.