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Folium
Isatidis
Properties:
Bitter and salty in flavour,
cold in nature, it acts on the heart, lung and stomach
channels. The bitter and cold properties clear away heat
and the salty enters and acts in the blood division. The
herb can clear away the noxious heat and excessive fire in
the blood division and is especially good at removing
blood-heat and ecchymoses. It is therefore indicated for
thesyndromes of the invasion of ying and blood division by
heat, intense heat in both Qi and blood division, maculas
caused by virulent pathogen heat, swollen throat and
canker sores in the mouth.
Effects:
Clearing away heat, detoxicating, removing blood heat and
ecchymoses.
Indications:
1.
For the syndromes of heat invasion of ying and
blood division and intense heat in both qi and blood
division, manifested as high fever and delirium, masculas
and eruptions, hematemesis and epistasis, it is used in
combination with the blood-cooling and detoxicating drugs,
as rhinoceros horn and capejasmine fruit.
2.
For swollen and sore throat, canker sores in the
mouth, skin and external diseases caused by excessive fire
and noxious heat dormant in the body, it is used in
combination with the heat-clearing and detoxicating drugs,
such as scrophularia root, coptis root, dandelion herb,
etc.
In
addition, in clinical practice this herb was used in
recent years to cure viral diseases, as influenza,
measles, and hepatitis.
Dosage
and Administration: 10-15g.
Modern
Researches: Clerodendron
cytophyllum is bactericidal to Shinella
dysenteriae,Neisseria meningitides, and is capable of
killing Leptospira.polygonum tinctorium possesses the
functions of inhibiting the growth of Staphylococcus
aureus, enhancing the phagocytosis of leukocytes,
decreasing the skin vascular permeability and can act as
antiarthritic and antipyretic agents. Isatis tinctoria and
Baphicacanthus cusia have certain antibacertial activity
against Staphylococcus aureus and hemolytic streptococci.
This herb can inhibit hepatitis surface antigen and Asian
A influenza virus. In short, the herb possesses
antibacterial, antiviral, antipyretic, anti-inflammatory
and immunity enhancing effects.
Appendix:
Isatis Root (Radix Isatidis) This
drug is the root of Isatis indigotica Fort. (Family
Cruciferae). It is bitter in flavour, cold in property. It
has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxicating,
removing heat from the blood and relieving sore throat.
This herb is indicated for epidemic febrile diseases,
masculas and eruptions, sores and measles. It is
especially good at relieving the wind-warm pathogen and
the seasonal noxious agents. So it is always an important
medicine for treating sore throat caused by wind-warm
pathogen and facial infections. The dosage is 10-15g.
Air
ship 500 grams (about 1.1 pound) of
Isatis
Leaf (da
qing ye)
for your personnel use now for
US$21.07. 
Note: Before using it, please contact us about how to
use it and the dosage.
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