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Isatis
Botanical name
Isatis tinctoria
Family
Cruciferae
Pin yin name
Ban Lan Gen
Pin yin description
(ban means plank; lan means blue; gen is root; this is root that yields a blue dye; it is unclear how the term ban became associated with it, and could represent a changed character)
Other common names
Dyer's Woad
Part used
Root
(collected in autumn, with or without the rhizome)
Taste
Bitter
Nature
Cold
Traditional Chinese uses
Clear heat and resolve toxin, cool blood, benefit the throat
Traditional Chinese applications
Fever, headache, sore throat, and macula associated with a febrile disease; skin eruptions, sores, and painful throat due to heat-toxin; jaundice due to damp-heat
Possible unwanted effects
None noted
Herb drug interactions
None reported
TCM and other contraindications
Weak patients and those who do not have heat-toxin (e.g., absence of infection)
Formulas
Not currently included in Sen tablet formulas
Author
Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. Institute for Traditional Medicine
Last updated
6 Nov 2002



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