jing jie

荆芥·Herba Schizonepetae

schizonepeta

About jing jie

Jing Jie (荆芥) is the bud and stem of schizonepeta, a plant of the mint family, recorded as Herba Schizonepetae. It is acrid and aromatic in flavour, slightly warm, and enters the Lung and Liver channels. The catalogue files it among the acrid, warm herbs that release the Exterior.

Names

Pinyinjing jie
Chinese荆芥
Latin NameHerba Schizonepetae
English Nameschizonepeta·Schizonepeta Stem·Schizonepeta Stem Or Bud
Japanesekeigai
Koreanhyonggae

Classification

Channels
Lung, Liver
Flavour
Acrid, Aromatic
Temperature
Slightly Warm
Part used
Bud
Family
Labiatae
Species
Schizonepeta tennuifolia
Tags
Chinese Herbs, Common

Actions and indications

Releases the Exterior and expels Wind

  • Wind-Heat or Wind-Cold
  • An early common cold with headache, chills and fever, and body aches, whether it leans to Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat
  • Carbuncles or boils (Chuang Yung) just erupting, particularly with chills and fever

Vents rashes and relieves itching

  • Measles in the early stage, while the rash is still coming out
  • Itchy skin eruptions, including hives

Stops bleeding (charred, Jing Jie Tan)

  • Bleeding, as a supporting herb
  • Nosebleed, blood in the stool or uterine bleeding, especially bleeding of a superficial or Wind-related kind

Dispels Wind and relieves spasms

  • Spasms after childbirth, lockjaw, and cramps or spasms of the muscles from Wind

Combinations

Dosage

AgeRawGranuleTinctureConcentrateFrequency
Any 3-10g; Maximum dosage: 30g; Tincture: 2-4ml3-10 g2-4 ml

Cautions

Interactions

Drug interactions

Prepared forms (1)

jing jie Tan

荆芥·Herba Schizonepetae

Jing jie tan (荆芥) is the charred form of jing jie, the bud of schizonepeta, a Labiatae herb supplied as Herba Schizonepetae. The catalogue files it among the acrid, warm substances that release the exterior, on the Lung and Liver channels.

The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows jing jie.