Da Qing Ye [1]

1 TASTE
Bitter and very cold

2 MERIDIANS
Heart, lung and stomach

3 FUNCTIONS
To clear heat and release toxins

4 INDICATIONS
1. Sore throat, erysipelas, boils, carbuncles and furuncles. Isatis leaf (Da Qing Ye [3]) is used with Scrophularia (Xuan Shen [4]) and Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua [5]).2. High fever with maculopapule. Isatis leaf (Daqingye) is with  Moutan bark (Mu Dan Pi [6]).

5 DOSAGE
10-15 g

6 COUTIONS
This herb is contraindicated in cases with weakness and cold in the spleen and stomach.