Indigo Naturalis

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What is Indigo Naturalis (qing dai)?

What is indigo naturalis? The Chinese name is qingdai. It is a dried pigment of the leaves of the following plants: Baphieacanthuscusia, Indigofera tinctoria, Isatis tinctoria, Isatis indigotica  and Polygonum tinctorium. The salty qingdai has been traditionally used in the treatment of high fever in infectious sickness, eczema, chronic myelogenous leukemia, children epilepsy, vomiting blood, [...]

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