Pig Theroid
Thyreoid Sus Domestica
Zhu Ye
About
Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Cold; sweet; neutral
Part(s) used
Thyroid body
Potential toxicity/side effects
Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have
Treatment of: 1. thirst in febrile disease. bamboo leaf (zhuye) is used with gypsum (shigao) and ophiopogon root (maidong) in the formula zhuye shigao tang. 2. flaring up of heart fire manifested as ulceration in the mouth or on the tongue, or heart fire shifting to the small intestine manifested as dribbling urination. bamboo leaf (zhuye) is used with clematis stem (mutong) and fresh rehmannia root (shengdihuang) in the formula daochi san.