Chuan Xin Lian - Common Andrographis Herb【Net Wt: 30g (1.2g x 25 Sachets)】
Chuan Xin Lian - Common Andrographis Herb【Net Wt: 30g (1.2g x 25 Sachets)】
NPN 80080848
【Macroscopic Features】
Stem is square, with may branches, 50~70cm long, enlarged joints; Brittle texture, easily to break. Singular opposing leaves, petiole short or nearly sessile; leaves are wrinkled and fragile, whole leaf is lanceolate or oval lanceolate shape after being flattened, 3~12cm long, 2~5cm wide, apex is gradually narrow, base is cunate, margin entire or light teethed; upper surface is green, lower surface is grayish-green, both sides area smooth. faint odor; very bitter taste.
【Properties】Bitter; cold.
【Channels (meridians) entered】Heart, lungs, large intestine, and bladder.
【Functions】
Clears heat, resolves toxin, cools the blood, disperse swelling, dry dampness. Apply to heat cold, throat swelling pain, mouth and tongue ulcers, pertussis and over-strained cough, diarrhea and dysentery, difficulty and pain in urination induced by pyretic stranguria, furuncle and ulcer, venomous snake bite.