Lophatherum (淡竹叶)

• Latin name：Lophatherum gracile
• Common names：Lophatherum stem and leaf
• Nature：Cold; sweet, bland
• Part used：Dried stem and leaf

• Clears heat, drains fire; relieves irritability and thirst
• Promotes urination and unbinds lin (heat lin, scant burning urine)
• Mouth sores and dark urine with heart fire or damp–heat (syndrome differentiation required)

Harvest stem and leaf before flowering in late summer; dry in sun. Start with low dose for tea; avoid prolonged daily use.

Dried aerial parts with sheath-clasping stems and lanceolate leaves. Do not confuse with bamboo leaf (Phyllostachys spp.)—similar uses but different botanical source.

• Lophatherum Leaf Tea
• Plantain Light Bamboo Leaf Tea