| Class and Class No. | 3E ( 6 ) |
| Name | Chan Tsz Tung |
| Year: | 2017-2018 |
Instruction: Type in useful information in the space provided.
| Chinese name: | 淡竹葉 |
| Family Name (科名): | Poaceae 禾本科 |
| Scientific name (學名): | Lophatherum gracile |
| Common name (俗名): | Common Lophatherum 淡竹米 |
| 習性：
多長於林地、林緣、山坡、道旁蔽陰處等地 |
Growth habit:
grow at the woodland, forest edge, hillside, shade bypass and other places |
| 葉：
葉互生，廣披針形，先端漸尖或急尖，基部收窄成短柄狀或無柄。 |
Leaf:
Leaves alternate, broadly lanceolate, apex acuminate or acute, base narrowed into a short handle or sessile. |
| 花：
花為圓錐花序，頂生，長約10－40公分 |
Flower:
Flowers for the panicles, terminal, about 10-40 cm |
| 果：
果為穎果，深褐色，長橢圓形 |
Fruit:
Fruit as caryopses, dark brown, oblong |
| 性味功能
淡竹葉的乾燥莖葉入藥，中藥名為淡竹葉，味甘、淡，性寒 |
Properties
Common Lophatherum’s stems and leaves sweet, light, cold |
| 主治
為中醫臨床用藥，歸類為清熱藥、清熱瀉火藥 |
Treats
Clinical medicine for the Chinese, classified as heat-clearing drugs, heat purging powder |
| 知多一點點：
淡竹葉是一種多年生草本植物，具短縮而木質化的根狀莖，根狀莖堅硬 |
More to learn:
Common Lophatherum is a perennial herb, with rhizome shortening and lignification，also it is hard |
Previous Scientific Research (if any):
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Useful Link:
| Topics | Hyperlinks |
| Common Lophatherum | https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B7%A1%E7%AB%B9%E8%91%89#%E5%88%86%E4%BD%88 |
| Common Lophatherum Herb | https://tcmwiki.com/wiki/common-lophatherum-herb |
Lophatherum (Dan Zhu Ye) |
http://www.chineseherbshealing.com/lophatherum-dan-zhu-ye/ |
| Lophatherum Gracile Herb | http://www.naturalwellbeing.com/learning-center/lophatherum_gracile_herb/ |
Questions:
| (Beginner) | Q1. What are the uses of Common Lophatherum?
Clinical medicine for the Chinese, classified as heat-clearing drugs, heat purging powder |
| (Elementary) | Q2. What are the other uses of Common Lophatherum?
. Upset, thirsty, fever, urine unfavorable,etc. |
| (Advanced) | Q3.Can you plant the Common Lophatherum? How?
There are also artificial cultivation, selection of mature seeds in the spring sowing by direct seeding method, or with the companion in autumn. |
