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Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi, Rx
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Pin Yin:
ban lan gen
Common name: dyer's woad root
Botanical family: Cruciferae (Isatis gen.)
Botanical name: 1, Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Bremek.; 2, Isatis tinctoria L.; 3, I. indigota Fort.
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, St, Lu
Actions:
Clears Heat and detoxifies Fire Poison, especially of the throat; used
in mumps and other highly contagious Warm Disease.
(See
Heat Toxin
;
Heat Congested in Lungs
(Repletion Heat of Lungs)
;
Qi Aspect , general
;
Construction Aspect Wind Heat
.)
Indications: headhache,fever, sore throat, swollen
glands, mouth sores, macular eruptions
Dosage:
5-10 qian.
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