Digestant Herbs
Cha Ye: Chinese Herb Guide
Tea leaves
茶叶
Name
Cha Ye (Tea leaves)
Nature and action
Bitter, sweet and cool. It enters the heart, lung and stomach meridians.
It promotes digestion, resolves phlegm, relieves polydipsia, refreshes the mind, promotes urination and removes toxicity.
Indications
- Sores and boils
- Diarrhea
- Malaria
- Indigestion
- Polydipsia
- Blurred vision
- Headache
- Phlegm stagnation
- Ozostomia
- Somnolence
Dosage and administration
Decoct 3~10 g, or make it into pills and powder. A proper dose is used for external application: pound it and apply to the affected area.
Cautions
Contraindicated in insomnia.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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