(Bei) Ban Lan Gen
Isatidis/Baphicacanthis Radix
bitter, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clears Heat and Relieves Toxicity
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Sore throat
- Epidemic disorders
- Mumps
- Jaundice
Ban Lan Gen is cold and bitter. It treats epidemic disease that presents with heat patterns or damp-heat patterns. It enters the heart, lung, and stomach systems.
Ban Lan Gen has a strong antibiotic and antiviral effect making it very useful for treating influenza, sore throat, or common cold.
Channels: lung, stomach, heart
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Antimicrobial -Heat pathogens
- Mumps
- Fever
- Upper respiratory infections
- Meningitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Hepatitis
- Warts
- Influenza
- Common cold
- Sore throat
- Jaundice
- Nose bleeds
- Skin disorders
- Tumor suppressant
- Intracellular signaling
Formulas:
- Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin
Contraindications: do not give Bei Ban Lan Gen to patients that present with yang deficiency of the spleen with weak digestive function
Zoo Image: a beluga whale in a suit of armor with a jaundiced liver has a lance going through his throat from a flaming T, hot blood is dripping from his throat