Pharmaceutical Name: |
Folium Isatidis |
Botanical Name: |
Isatis indigotia Fort. |
Common Name: |
Isatis leaf |
Source of Earliest Record: |
Mingyi Bielu |
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: |
The leaves are gathered in summer or autumn and dried in the sun. |
Properties and Taste: |
Bitter and very cold |
Meridian: |
Heart, lung and stomach |
Functions: |
To clear heat and release toxins |
Indications and Combinations: |
1. Sore throat, erysipelas, boils, carbuncles and furuncles. *Use with Scrophularia (Xuanshen) and Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua).
2. High fever with maculopapule. *Use with Moutan bark (Mudanpi). |
Dosage: |
10-15 g |
Cautions: |
his herb is contraindicated in cases with weakness and cold in the spleen and stomach. |