Clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, and diminishing inflammation.

The scientific name of "seeing at first sight" in traditional Chinese medicine is called "Andrographis paniculata", which is often called "seeing at first sight". It is bitter and cold in nature and has the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, relieving swelling and pain, cooling blood and drying dampness. At present, it is mainly used for bacillary dysentery, urinary tract infection, acute tonsillitis, enteritis, pharyngolaryngitis, pneumonia and influenza, etc., and can be used externally to treat boils, swelling, and traumatic infections.

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Pharmacological toxicity of andrographis paniculata;

The toxicity of andrographis paniculata is very small. Mice take crude crystal 10g/kg orally, and their activities are reduced. They often close their eyes and look like sleeping. After dissection, the appearance of heart, kidney, liver and spleen is normal with naked eyes. Oral administration of 0.5g/kg per day for 10 days has no abnormality on the growth, appetite, stool, mental state, red and white blood cell count, hemoglobin and white blood cell differential count of mice.

Mice were intraperitoneally injected with 0.5g crude drug/mouse, and all the mice died within 24 hours. Those injected with water extract needed lg crude drug/mouse to have the same toxicity. 14~ deoxyandrographolide injection was injected intravenously, and the median lethal dose to mice was 0.359 0.012g/kg. The lethal dose of andrographis paniculata decoction and alcohol precipitation extract to mice by intravenous injection is 0.359 0.012g/kg.

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