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Daqingye is the dried leaf of Isatis indigotica Fort., pertainig to Cruciferae. It is collected in summer and fall. After lightly washed. it is cut into small pieces. The fresh form is used or it is used in the raw form after sun dried.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Bitter and cold; relate to heart and stomach meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Clear heat, relieve toxicity; cool blood and resolve macula.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 9-15 g. Also it is used externally.

[ Precautions ]: Avoid with deficiency-cold in spleen and stomach.

 

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1.Heat entering nutrient-blood, warm toxinosis and macula     Daqingye is good at relieving excessive fire and heat toxin in heart and stomach meridians. It treats warm disease in the stage of heat entering nutrient-bloood, manifesting as high fever , coma and macula, usually combined with Shuiniujiao and Zhizi; for example in Xijiao Daqing Decoction. Also it treats exterior syndrome of wind-heat or early stage of warm disease manifesting as fever, headache,thirest, and sore throat, combined with Gegen and Lianqiao.

 

2. Aphtha, inflammation of throat, erysipelas and mumps     It treats aphtha and inflammation of throat; for example, by using raw Daqingye juice, which is recorded in ancient formula book. Also it treats pestilential toxin up attacking, manifesting as headache, mumps and inflammation of throat, combined with Jinyinhua and Dahuang. For red and swollen erysipelas due to blood heat and prosperous toxin, by itself the fresh one is pounded for use or combined with Pugongying, Zihuadiding and Zaoxiu.

 

[ Annotation ]: It is stipulated in Zhong Hua ren Ming Gong He Guo Yao Dian (Pharmacopoeia of People' s Republic of China) 2000 edition, leaf of lsatis indigotica Fort. It is a quality goods, and the dired leaf of Polygonum tinctorium Ait., pertaining to Polygonaceae, is given the name of Liao Daqingye. Also Baphicacanthus cusia(Nees) Bremek., pertaining to Acanthaceae and Clerodendron cyrtophyllum Turcz., pertaining to Verbenaceae, are used as Daqingye in some areas. They are similar in properties and efficacies.

大青叶为十字花科植物菘蓝1satis indigotica Fort．的干燥叶片。主产于江苏、安徽、河北、河南、浙江等地。冬季栽培，夏、秋二季分2~3次采收，略洗，切碎，鲜用或晒干生用。