Indigoplant Leaf
Polygoni Tinctorii Folium
Liao Da Qing Ye

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove toxic heat, and to cause subsidence of eruptions by reducing heat in blood.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of fever and eruptions in epidemic diseases, cough and asthma due to heat in the lung, inflammation of the throat, mnmps, erysipelas, carbuncle.