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    Food-Stagnation Transforming, Summer-Heat Clearing & Lipid-Lowering Monarch (消食化滞 / 清热解暑健脾开胃降脂减肥导滞清肠 — 岭南凉茶王老吉核心消食君药)

    破布叶 / 布渣叶 / 山麻叶 / 瓜儿木 / 蓑衣叶 — Microcos paniculata L. (syn. Grewia microcos)

    Pinyin: Pòbùyè / Bùzhāyè / Shānmáyè · Malay: Daun Kerak Nasi / Pokok Kerak Nasi / Cenderai Hutan · Family: Malvaceae (锦葵科 / 椴树科)

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    Energetics

    Cool to Neutral (平 / 微凉)

    Flavor

    Sour, sweet, bland, slightly astringent (酸、甘、淡、微涩)

    Meridians

    Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Large Intestine (大肠)

    Traditional Edict

    Cloth Dreg Leaf (Bu Zha Ye / Po Bu Ye). Brittle papery scrap-cloth leaves. Cornerstone monarch of Lingnan cooling herbal teas (Wang Lao Ji & 24-Flavors). Dissolves greasy meat stagnation, cuts beer bellies, lowers blood lipids, and quenches summer-heat.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • High dietary and pharmaceutical safety profile with centuries of daily cooling tea use in Southern China and Malaysia. Contraindicated in cold watery diarrhea without food stagnation.

    Clinical Applications

    • Functional dyspepsia from greasy/fatty food stagnation, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD transaminase reduction), hypercholesterolemia, acute summer-heat gastroenteritis, and childhood milk retention.

    Quality Markers

    Vitexin (牡荆苷) >= 0.50%, Narcissin >= 0.30% & Total Flavonoids >= 2.00% (Chinese Pharmacopoeia standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Vitexin and narcissin stimulate gastric pepsin activity and upregulate hepatic PPAR-a and CYP7A1, accelerating bile acid synthesis and cholesterol clearance. 2. Inhibits pancreatic lipase. 3. Endothelial eNOS vasodilation.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN LINGNAN GREASY-FOOD DIGESTIVE TEA (Bu Zha Ye Liangcha / 布渣叶消食茶): 15 to 30 g dried leaves boiled with 10 g Shan Zha (Crataegus) and 6 g Chenpi in 600 mL water for 15 min; consumed warm after rich meals. Decoct: 15-30 g daily.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Lingnan Greasy Meat Digestion Synergy with Crataegus pinnatifida (Shan Zha) and Citrus reticulata (Chenpi). 2. Summer-Heat Cooling Liangcha with Lonicera japonica and Chrysanthemum.

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