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title: "Fan Xie Ye"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/469/fan-xie-ye"
---

 ![fan xie ye, sennae folium.jpg](/u/fan-xie-ye-sennae-folium-MDZR9R.jpg) 

# Fan Xie Ye

### Sennae Folium

_biter, sweet, cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Purgative that Drains Downward**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Constipation

Fan Xie Ye is sweet, bitter, and cold. It enters the large intestine
system to move out patterns of heat that result in constipation.
According to the Bensky team it is stronger that Da Huang in its
ability to drain downward and is sometimes used together with it.

**Channels:** large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Acute constipation
- Abdominal distention
- Edema

**Contraindications:** Fan Xie Ye should not be prescribed in
high amounts to patients that have a weak constitution, it should
not be prescribed to patients that are pregnant, are breast
feeding, or to patients that have a history of excessive bleeding

**Zoo Image:** a red constipated snake that ate too much is going down a drain

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