INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Radix Isatidis
Common English:	Woad Root Isatidis Root Indigo Wood Root

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter	Cold	Heart Lung Stomach (Liver)	9-30g Tincture: 2-5ml

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Indications/Syndromes

Drains Heat, relieves Fire toxicity, cools the Blood and benefits the throat

Warm febrile disease

Epidemic disorders, encephalitis B, measles, mumps

Seasonal toxic pathogens such as mumps, and painful, swollen throat conditions, upper respiratory infections

Damp-Heat jaundice, infectious hepatitis

Gallbladder Heat

Blood Heat

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Patients who allergic to sulfonylureas such as tolbutamide (Orinase), glipizide (Glucotrol) and glyburide (DiaBeta/Micronase) and sulfonamides such as sulfanilamide, sulfisoxazole, sulfamethoxazole, trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole (Bactrim/Septra) and erythromycin/sulfisoxazole (Pediazole) may also be allergic to Ban Lan Gen.
Use with caution

Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao Hb. Schizonepetae Jing Jie	Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu	Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rz. Anemarrhenae Zhi Mu Flos Lonicerae Jin Yin Hua Fr. Forsythiae *Lian Qiao* Gypsum *Shi Gao*
Early-Stage Wind-Heat.	Pain and swelling of the throat, acute tonsillitis and diphtheria.	Fever, irritability, dry throat, and thirst due to Heat.
Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen	Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi Hb. Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao	Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii Qiang Huo
Severe pain, swelling and redness of the throat, teeth, and gums due to Internal accumulation of intense Heat. Mouth and tongue ulcers.	Mumps with pain and swelling in the throat.	Heat toxin affecting the head and neck.
Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo Rx. Platycodi Jie Geng Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen	Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae *Yin Chen Hao*	Fr. Forsythiae Lian Qiao Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi
Throat pain as part of a massive febrile disorder of the head with a strong fever and chills, with redness, swelling and burning pain of the face.	Damp Heat jaundice or Damp-Heat in the Liver/Gallbladder.	Febrile disorders.
Fr. Arctii Niu Bang Zi Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rx. Sophorae Tonkinensis Shan Dou Gen Lasiosphere/Calvatia Ma Bo
Sore throat.

It is used in China for a wide variety of viral infections.
It is made into an instant tea for sore throats and hepatitis.
It can be used topically for herpes simplex.
It is good for carbuncles, oral ulcerations, bacterial infections and viral infections.
This is northern Bei Ban Lan Gen and is the standard plant according to the Chinese pharmacopia.
Southern Nan Ban Lan Gen is Rx. et Rz. Baphicacanthis is considered to be of inferior quality. If the precise plant is unclear, only the name Ban Lan Gen is used.
Bei Ban Lan Gen can substitute for Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye.
Bei Ban Lan Gen, Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye and Indigo Naturalis Qing Dai all originate from the same plants, cool Heat in the Blood, and reduce skin blotches. Qing Dai is best for toxic sores due to Fire and Heat, rashes from Warm toxins, hemoptysis and hematemesis and childhood convulsions. Da Qing Ye and Bei Ban Lan Gen both cool Heat toxin in the Heart and Stomach, but Da Qing Ye is usually used for rashes from Warm toxin, while Bei Ban Lan Gen is used for massive head febrile disorders and throat obstruction due to mumps.