2. Bamboo leaves can clear the heart and relieve annoyance, and can benefit water and seep wet. Used for fever, polydipsia, sores on the mouth and tongue, dysphoria, short and red urine, urgency, frequent urination and dysuria.
3, for fever, anxiety, thirst, can be used with Ophiopogon japonicus, Trichosanthes root, for short and red urine, urgency and pain, sores on the mouth and tongue, which can be equivalent to Coptis chinensis, imperata rhizome and bamboo leaves, clearing away damp-heat, treating damp-heat, yellowing and dryness.
They're just relatives.