Huang Lian 100 cap

Unit Size: 100 capsules

Potency: 5:1 extract granules encapsulated

Taste: Bitter - Bensky

Properties: Cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Because of its strong bitter, cold and drying properties, it should be used with caution in those with patterns of cold, yang deficiency, or yin deficiency, especially those with cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Diarrhea or dysenteric disorder; vomiting and/or acid regurgitation from Stomach heat; high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium from heat with blazing fire; painful red eyes and sore throat, boils, carbuncles, abscesses; nosebleed, blood in the urine, blood in the stool, vomiting of blood due to chaotic movement of hot blood; ulcerations of the tongue and mouth (topically) - Bensky

Actions: Cools heat, drains fire (especially in the Heart and Stomach), dries dampness, resolves toxicity - Bensky

Pattern: Damp-heat; Fire toxicity; Heat from excess; chaotic movement of hot blood - Bensky

Channels Entered: Heart, Large Intestine, Liver, Stomach - Bensky

Tongue: Red tongue - Bensky

Pulse: Rapid and full pulse - Bensky

English name: Coptis Rhizome; Coptidis Rhizoma

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Clears heat and drains dampness: for damp-heat in the Stomach or Intestines with diarrhea or dysenteric disorder. Also for vomiting and/or acid regurgitation from Stomach heat.*
• Drains fire and resolves fire toxicity: for heat with blazing fire with such symptoms as high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium,, red tongue, and a rapid and full pulse. Also for heat from excess with toxicity with such symptoms as painful red eyes and sore throat, and for boils carbuncles, and abscesses.*
• Clears heat and stops bleeding: for nosebleed, or blood in the urine, stool, or vomit due to chaotic movement of hot blood.*
• Clears heat topically: used topically for red and painful eyes and ulceration of the tongue and mouth.*

• Huang Lian - Coptis Rhizome