| Pharmaceutical Name: |
Herb Andrographitis |
| Botanical Name: |
Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees |
| Common Name: |
Green chiretta
Kariyat |
| Source of Earliest Record: |
Lingnan Caoyao Lu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The aerial parts of the plant are gathered in the early autumn when the plant begins to flower. Then it is cut into pieces and dried. |
| Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and cold |
| Meridian: |
Lung, stomach, large and small intestines |
| Functions: |
To clear heat and release toxins
To dry dampness |
| Indications and Combinations: |
1. The beginning of warm febrile disease manifested as fever, headache and sore throat.
*Use with Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua), Platycodon root (Jiegeng) and Arctium fruit (Niubangzi).
2. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough and asthma or cough with yellow sputum.
*Use with Houttuynia (Yuxingcao), Platycodon root. (Jiegeng) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou).
3. Dysentery due to dampness and heat.
*Use with Portulaca (Machixian). |
| Dosage: |
6-15 g |
| Cautions: |
Prolonged overdosing of this herb may impair stomach Qi. |
