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Invigorates blood and gently regulates menstruation - Ze Lan Ye is used for irregular menses, dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis, and abdominal discomfort when a milder blood-moving leaf record is preferred.
Promotes urination and reduces swelling - traditional use includes postpartum or blood-stasis-related edema, water retention, and distension with impaired fluid movement.
Supports local or tea-style use - the leaf name is preserved in medicinal teas and gentle adjunctive applications where regulation, light movement, and drainage matter more than aggressive breakthrough action.

Ze Lan Ye tea - traditional light preparation for menstrual irregularity, mild blood stasis, and urination support.
Ze Lan with Fang Ji - classic-style postpartum edema and water-stasis pairing preserved in older clinical references.
Ze Lan with Dan Shen or Dang Gui - common blood-regulating strategy for menstrual pain, postpartum abdominal discomfort, or lingering stasis.

Official Chinese references for Ze Lan describe the Lycopus aerial drug as bitter, acrid, and slightly warm, entering the Liver and Spleen to invigorate blood, regulate menstruation, reduce swelling, and resolve stasis.
The leaf naming survives especially in tea, dietary, and lighter-use contexts even though the pharmacopoeial drug is the dried aerial portion more broadly.
Traditional comparisons emphasize that Ze Lan moves blood and fluids together, making it especially relevant in postpartum and gynecologic stasis-water overlap.