Huang Lian
| Huang Lian in TCM:Explore the properties of Huang Lian according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: coptis, coptis root
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Coptidis
Properties: bitter, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LI, ST, HT, LV
Flavors: bitter
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp, eliminates toxins, stops bleeding, reduces swelling
Actions / Indications:
- Clears Damp Heat from the Middle Jiao (damp heat
in the stomach and intestines: diarrhea, tenesmus, dysenteric disorder;
vomiting, diarrhea, acid regurgitation; jaundice)
- Clears HT Fire, strongest herb to clear HT fire (short
temper, shen disturbance due to heat, high fever, irritability, tongue
sores; disorientation, delirium; insomnia with disharmony of Kidney
and Heart)
- Drains ST Fire (peptic ulcer, digestive dysfunction
with bad breath, belching putrid odor, acid reflux; feeling of fullness
with oppression below the heart, toothache from yangming fire)
- Clears Heat; Relieves Toxicity (abcesses, painful
red eyes, sore throat, ear infections, boils, carbuncles, furuncles
- internal or topical)
- Stops Bleeding (mostly due to blood heat stemming
from ST and HT fire, epistaxis, blood in stool; hematemesis)
Special Notes:
- Similar to zhi zi, huang
qin, and da huang: effective for all
four level heats: fire, blood, damp-heat, toxicity
- Compare with huang qin (upper jiao damp heat)
and huang bai (lower jiao damp heat)
Contraindications:
- (cc: yin deficiency)
- (cc: SP or KD deficiency diarrhea)
- (cc: ST cold from deficiency with nausea and vomiting)
|