Educational information, not medical advice — ask your doctor or midwife.
Zhu Ye Liu Bang Tang is an old Chinese herb mix. The English name is Lophatherum and Tamarisk Decoction. It is a tea made by boiling dried herbs in water.
Healers used it for measles when the rash was slow to come out. The old books pair it with fever, a cough and a sore throat. This page treats the whole mix as one item, the way a single drug is listed, not as each herb on its own.
No human trials of this mix have been published that we could find. So we cannot say if it helps, or how much. Long use in China is not proof that a thing works, and that holds here.
Measles is a serious illness. A child with a rash and fever needs a doctor, not a home tea.
No one has shown how this mix acts in the body. Any account of it is a theory, not a fact.
In Chinese medicine, the herbs are said to push a rash out to the skin. Some are said to cool heat. Others are said to ease a dry, sore throat and a cough.
In lab tests, some of these plants calm swelling or slow germs in a dish. A dish is not a person. A cup of tea also holds far less of each plant than a lab test uses.
Raw dried herbs are the classic form. You boil them in water and drink the strained liquid.
Some makers sell granules. These are dried herb extracts that you stir into hot water.
A few sell pills or a bottled liquid. These are less common outside China. Strength varies a lot between brands.
The formula comes from Chinese medicine and is a few hundred years old. It is usually traced to a Qing dynasty text on medicine, though sources differ on the exact book.
It sits in the group of formulas said to vent a rash. Chinese formula textbooks still list it. Doctors used it most often in children with measles, before vaccines were in use.
Some reactions to Zhu Ye Liu Bang Tang need urgent care. Call your local emergency number or go to an emergency department straight away — do not wait to see whether it passes.
See a doctor the same day if you or your child has a fever with a rash. Measles and other rash illnesses need a proper diagnosis.
Stop the tea and call a doctor if you get puffy ankles or a puffy face, bad headaches, muscle weakness or cramps, or a fluttering heartbeat.
Get emergency help now for trouble breathing, a fit or seizure, a stiff neck, a rash that does not fade when you press a glass on it, confusion, or a child who is very drowsy or will not drink.
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