Da Qing Ye

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) is used with Scrophularia (Xuan Shen) and Honeysuckle flower (Jin Yin Hua).2. High fever with maculopapule. Isatis leaf (Daqingye) is with  Moutan bark (Mu Dan Pi).

5 DOSAGE
10-15 g

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