Qing Dai
青黛 qīng dài , "blue-green dark eyebrow pigment"

Category:

Clear Heat

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Salty		Dosage: 1.5-3g

	Cautions: Use with caution in those with Stomach cold.		Meridians: Lung , Liver , Stomach
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality - deep blue powder or a light porous mass which is easily ground into a fine powder. Its fragrance is slightly like that of grass.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (3) bì yù sǎn (Jasper Powder) hāo qín qīng dǎn tāng (Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear) ké xuè fāng (Coughing of Blood Formula)

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Indigo naturalis

Botanical: Baphicacanthus cusia (NEES) BREMEK, Polygonum tinctorium AIT., Isatis indigotica FORT., Indigofera tinctoria L.

Japanese: seitai

Korean: cheongdae

Common: indigo, wood leaf (isatis)

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Clears heat and Resolves toxicity add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Drains Liver fire add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Extinguishes wind add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Cools Blood add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Disperses swellings (topically for inflammation of the mouth and throat add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) including mumps). add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Treats Internal bleeding due to Blood Heat add comment

	0 Rootdown Staff (Rootdown Staff) Febrile convulsions in children and Lung Heat cough. add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Maculae due to heat entering the blood level or other forms of warm toxin add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nose bleeding or chaotic movement of the blood (alone) add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Blazing heat leading to a swollen, painful throat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Sores of the mouth add comment