Green Chiretta (Chuanxinlian)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Herb Andrographitis |
| Botanical Name: | Andrographis paniculata (Burm. f.) Nees |
| Common Name: | Green chiretta Kariyat |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Lingnan Caoyao Lu |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The aerial parts of the plant are gathered in the early autumn when the plant begins to flower. Then it is cut into pieces and dried. |
| Properties and Taste: | Bitter and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung, stomach, large and small intestines |
| Functions: | To clear heat and release toxins To dry dampness |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. The beginning of warm febrile disease manifested as fever, headache and sore throat. *Use with Honeysuckle flower (Jinyinhua), Platycodon root (Jiegeng) and Arctium fruit (Niubangzi). 2. Heat in the lungs manifested as cough and asthma or cough with yellow sputum. *Use with Houttuynia (Yuxingcao), Platycodon root. (Jiegeng) and Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou). 3. Dysentery due to dampness and heat. *Use with Portulaca (Machixian). |
| Dosage: | 6-15 g |
| Cautions: | Prolonged overdosing of this herb may impair stomach Qi. |