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Pin Yin: huang bai
Botanical family: Rutaceae
Botanical name: 1, Phellodendron amurensis Rupr.; 2, P. chinense Schneid.
Primary action: Clear Heat, Dry Dampness
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat Toxins
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Kd, UB, LI
Actions:
Drains Damp Heat, especially of Lower Burner (UB and LI) and for Damp
Heat jaundice.
Relieves Damp Hot Leg Qi with red, painful and swollen legs.
Lowers Vacuity Heat Kidney Fire (it does this by clearing the Heat,
other herbs are needed to restore the Yin).
Drains Fire and detoxifies Fire Poison with sores and skin lesions.
(See
Damp Heat of Lower Burner
;
Large Intestine Damp Heat
;
Spleen Stomach Damp Heat
;
Damp Heat of Gall Bladder
and Liver
;
Leg Qi [Heat-type]
;
Vacuity Fire
;
Heat Toxin
.)
Indications: dysentery, jaundice, vaginal discharge,
itchy skin, sores, strangury, nightsweats
Dosage:
1-4 qian.
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