Lu Cha (Cha Ye)绿茶
Folium Camelliae SinensisGreen Tea
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- bitter, sweet
- Channels entered
- Stomach, Heart, Lung
- Dosage
- 3–12 g
Actions & indications
- Harmonizes the Stomach, descends Rebellious Stomach Qi and relieves diarrhea
- Nausea, vomiting, indigestion and diarrhea
- Malarial dysentery
- Dispels Dampness
- Obesity
- Clears the head and vision
- Headache
- Prevents the drying, dispersing and ascending nature of diaphoretic herbs from harming the body
- Expels fidgets and quenches thirst
- Fidgets and thirst
- Removes stagnant Food, promotes diuresis and removes toxin
- Stagnant Phlegm
Contraindications
Use cautiously in cases of Stomach Qi Deficiency.
Interactions
- Oral contraceptives and cimetedine may potentiate the caffeine in Lu Cha.
- Combining caffeine with theophylline and ephedrine can increase thermogenesis and cause weight loss, agitation, tremors, and insomnia.
- Excessive caffeine combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOIs) such as phenelzine (Nardil), tranylcypromine (Parnate), or isocarboxazid (Marplan) can trigger a hypertensive crisis.
- It may reverse MRSA and PRSA, and may lower the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of oxacillin and other beta-lactams against MRSA.
Combinations
General digestive discomfort
Nausea with vomiting
Diarrhea
Notes
- As a beverage, this herb aids weight loss and helps clear accumulated Dampness from the Intestines.
- Taken in excess it may irritate the stomach; fermented or processed teas such as black tea or oolong are gentler than green tea.
- It contains caffeine.