Lotus leaf Chen Pi infusion has certain effects of clearing summer heat and dampness, regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, etc. Because the infusion may not be able to completely precipitate the active ingredients of the drug, so the efficacy is limited.
Lotus leaf is the dried leaf of lotus plant of water lily family, with bitter flavor and flat nature, belonging to liver, spleen and stomach meridian. It can clear summer heat and dampness, elevate Qing Yang (transporting nutrients from digested food to the head and face and other parts of the body), cool blood and stop bleeding. It is used in treating summer-heat and thirst, summer-dampness and diarrhea, diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, epistaxis (vomiting of blood and nosebleed due to blood-heat), and menstrual bleeding and leakage (excessive menstruation or spotting of menstruation).
Chenpi is the dried mature fruit peel of orange and its cultivated varieties in the family of Rutaceae, with pungent and bitter flavor, warm nature, and belonging to the spleen and lung meridians. It has the effects of drying dampness and resolving phlegm (expelling dampness by drying dampness and resolving phlegm), regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is used for distention and fullness in the epigastrium (stomach and abdomen), scanty food and vomiting and diarrhea, and cough with excessive phlegm.
The two herbs together in water also have the above effects, the specific use of the drug should follow the instructions of a doctor.