Purpleflower Holly Leaf

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Clears heat and resolves toxin ... Si Ji Qing is used for Lung heat cough, sore throat, dysentery, infected sores, and ulcerative lesions.
• Cools blood and helps stop bleeding ... traditional external and internal use includes traumatic bleeding and heat-related oozing lesions.
• Astringes sores and promotes tissue repair ... classic external applications include burns, scalds, chronic ulcers, and damp lesions that need both cooling and closure.

Secondary Actions

• This Si Ji Qing page belongs to Ilex chinensis leaf and should not be blurred into Gou Gu Ye, the tonifying Ilex cornuta leaf record already live elsewhere in the site.
• In modern trade the herb may appear as leaf, root bark, or broader folk material, but this monograph keeps the dried leaf lane reflected by the prompt and corrected Latin name.

Classic Formulas

• Heat-toxin cough formulas pair Si Ji Qing with Jin Qiao Mai or Yu Xing Cao for bronchitic throat-lung irritation.
• Throat and dysentery patterns combine it with She Gan or Bai Tou Weng when toxic heat affects the throat or intestines.
• External burn and ulcer washes use it with Di Yu or Huang Bai for cooling, drying, and promoting closure.

Classical References

• Chinese materia medica references describe Si Ji Qing as bitter, astringent, and cold, used to clear heat, resolve toxin, cool blood, and astringe sores.
• Standard modern identification assigns the leaf of Ilex chinensis to this name, distinguishing it from other holly medicines such as Gou Gu Ye and Mao Dong Qing.