| 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. |
