The efficacy of gypsum bamboo leaf porridge

① Antipyretic effect: Oral administration of 1-20 g/kg of Lophatherum gracile to rats with artificial fever has an antipyretic effect. The active ingredient is soluble in water but difficult to dissolve in alcohol.

When Escherichia coli was injected subcutaneously to induce artificial fever in cats and rabbits, the antipyretic potency of 2 g/kg of Lophatherum gracile was 0.83 times that of 33 mg/kg of phenacetin.

② Diuretic effect: The diuretic effect of bamboo leaves is weaker than that of Polyporus umbellatus and Akebia affine, but it is stronger than Polyporus umbellatus in increasing the excretion of chloride in urine.

The effect of gypsum bamboo leaf porridge

[Toxicity] The median lethal dose for mice is 0.645 g/10 g.

[Preparation] Pick out impurities and roots, cut into sections, and dry in the sun.

【Nature and flavor】Sweet, mild, cold.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": sweet, cold, non-toxic.

② "Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs": sweet, spicy and light in taste, cold in nature.

[meridians] ① "Bencao Zaixin": enters the heart and kidney meridians.

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": enters the Shaoyin and Jueyin meridians of the hand.

[Functions and indications - The effects of light bamboo leaves] Clears heart fire, eliminates irritability and heat, and promotes urination.

It is used to treat fever, thirst, restlessness, red and astringent urine, stranguria, mouth erosions and tongue sores, and swollen and painful gums.

① "Compendium of Materia Medica": It can relieve restlessness and heat, promote urination, and clear the mind.

② "Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs" says: It can eliminate phlegm and quench thirst, remove upper-burner fire, brighten eyes, promote urination, treat leucorrhea, reduce fever, and disperse hemorrhoidal toxicity.

③ "Woling Materia Medica": removes stomach heat.

④ "Bencao Zaixin": Clears heart fire, promotes urination, relieves restlessness and quenches thirst, and treats smallpox in children.

The external symptoms are vicious.

⑤ "Cao Mu Bian Fang": eliminates phlegm and quenches thirst.

Treats restlessness, fever, cough and asthma, vomiting blood, vomiting and retching, and epilepsy in children.

⑥ "Classification of Herbal Properties": Treats cough, asthma, and eye problems.

⑦ "Modern Practical Chinese Medicine": Cooling, relieving heat, and diuretic.

Treats thirst due to fever, painful urination, restlessness and insomnia, swollen and painful gums, and stomatitis.

⑧ "Guangxi Chinese Medicine Records": Treats epistaxis,