Name: Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta) 4oz - Superherbsf
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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.

Chuan Xin Lian (Green Chiretta) 4oz