TCM: Listed under ‘Herbs that clear Heat’, in ‘Herbs that clear Heat and resolve Toxicity’, bitter, salty and very cold Isatis tinctoria leaf (da qing ye) enters the Heart, Lung and Stomach channels. It clears Heat and Toxins, also clears pathogenic Heat in the Qi and Blood levels, dissipates maculae.
General: Treats high fever which may include impairment of consciousness and skin eruptions in epimedic diseases, jaunice, acute dysentery, mumps, inflammation of the throat, erysipelas, carbuncles.