Wild indigo

Clinical Notes. Overdose=Call 911, promote emesis followed by activated charcoal Most often used in combination w/ other herbs TCM=Used for liver/intestinal stagnation tending to generate damp heat, breaks up and move downward damp heat and digestive accumulation

Therapy. External. Locally the decoction and the specific medicine baptisia (diluted with water) are effective as washes and dressings for indolent and fetid as well as for irritable and painful ulcers, inflammations with full or swollen and dusky tissues, and tendency to destruction, aphthous and nursing sore mouth, mercurial gingivitis, sore nipples, and ulceration of the cervix uteri, with foul, sanious, or muco-purulent leucorrhoea.

Therapy. With the above indications the agent has been widely used for many years by our practitioners in the treatment of typhoid conditions, and has established its position as an important remedy. It has an apparent dynamic influence upon the glandular structure of the intestinal canal, directly antagonizing disease influences here, and reenforcing the character of the blood, prevents the destruction of the red corpuscles, and carries off waste material.

Properties and Uses. This plant has been pronounced poisonous, though there seems to be no proof whatever that such is the case. I have used the leaves with much freedom outwardly, and at times inwardly. The bark of the root is said to act the same as the leaves.