Pharmaceutical name:

英文药名：

Radix Isatidis seu Baphicacanthi （ban lan gen 板藍根）

Radix Isatidis （ban lan gen板藍根）

Foleum Isatidis  (da qing ye 大青葉）

Latin botanical name:

拉丁名：

1. Baphicacanthus cusia (Nees) Brem.

2. Strobilanthes cusia (Nees) O. Ktze (nan ban lan 南板蓝根、青黛（馬蓝）

3. Isatis tinctoria L.

4. Isatis indigotica Fort. (bei ban lan 北板藍)

5. Strobilanthes divaricatus (Nees) T. Anders.(shu hua ma lan 疏花馬藍)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

banrankon

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

p'alamguri

Pron. in Cantonese:

粤語發音：

baan2  laam4 gan1

Common Name:

英文名：

indago woad root, indago woad leaves

Other Names: 別名﹕

1. ban lan 板藍,

2. da ding 大靛,

3. shan lan 山藍，

4. tu long gen 土龍根，

5. da lan gen 大蘭根，

6. lan long gen  蘭龍根.

Distribution:

分佈：

Properties (characteristics)

性味：

bitter, cold

苦，寒。

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經：

heart, lung, stomach   

肺，心，胃。

主治：

For

• 1. rose-colored skin rash caused by diseases such as measles, syphilis, or scarlet fever and toxic heat,

• 2. skin eruption due to wind-heat, other skin and external diseases,

• 3. excessive thirst,

• 4. nose bleeding and vomiting of blood.

• 5. see today's applications

主治：

• 麻疹，梅毒，猩紅熱 （爛喉痧），熱毒。

• 熱毒而致皮膚發疹 。

• 口渴極。

• 鼻血，吐血。

• 看现 代應用。

藥理：

• 1. anti micro organism,

• 2. anti cancer,

• 3. effect on immune system,

• 4. anti inflammation, and antipyretic

• 5. effect on heart and blood vessel

• 6. liver protection

• 7. effect on smooth muscle

• 8. antivirus

1. 抗微生物

2. 抗癌

3. 免疫作用

4. 抗炎，退 热

5. 心血管作 用

6. 對平滑肌 作用

7. 抗病毒

化學成份：

The leaves contain tryptophan , isatan B, glucobrassicin, glucobrassicin-1-sulfonate, indigotin, 1-thiocyano-2-hydroxy-3-butene, adenosine, tryptanthrin, β-sitosterol, gama-sitosterol, palmitic acid, sucrose, evaporating oil etc.

用量：

15 to 30 g

15～30克 。

處方舉例：

Acute hepatitis with jaundice: ban lan gen 30 g, zhi zi root 45 g. Make into concoction. Total patients: 53. Result: all healed. Duration of therapy: 10 to 50 days [7]

禁忌：

Not to use in absence of fire toxin or in weak patients.

There are report of prolong usage can cause internal bleeding and injury to blood producing function.  There are reports that injectiones have caused allergic reactions and blood in urine.

Allergic reactions included: dizziness, rash, purple lips and face,  numbness in the limbs and in serious condition, shock.

Large dosages and/or long term usage can be toxic to kidneys.

大劑量或長期 服用可能對腎臟有毒。