Andrographis paniculata is bitter and cold and injurious to the stomach, it should not be taken for a long time, and should not be used by people with cold spleen and stomach. The medication should be taken under the guidance of a professional physician, do not take on your own.
Andrographis paniculata is the dried above-ground part of the Jenniferaceae plant Andrographis paniculata, bitter, cold, to the heart, lungs, large intestine, bladder meridian, cool blood, dry dampness, detoxification and clearing heat, the effect of swelling.
It can be used for wind-heat colds, the beginning of warm diseases, often used with forsythia, honeysuckle, mint; mouth and tongue sores, sore throat, often used with burdock, XuanShen, BanLanGen.
This product can also be used for carbuncle sores, snake bites; lung carbuncle spitting pus, cough cough; hot lymph (burning stinging pain when urinating, with urinary frequency and urgency, small abdominal traction discomfort) astringent pain, damp-heat diarrhea (diarrhea caused by feeling damp-heat), eczema itching and so on.
Andrographis paniculata has a very bitter taste, and it is easy to cause nausea and vomiting in soup, so it is mostly taken as pills and tablets. Appropriate amount for external use. Its bitter cold hurts the stomach, so people with cold spleen and stomach should not use it. Please do not use the medicine by yourself.