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| Chinese Name |
Huangbo |
| Latin |
Cortex Phellodendri Chinensis |
| English Name |
Chinese Cork-tree |
| Key Characteristics |
Herb that clears heat and removes dampness |
| Source |
Dried bark of Phellodendron chinensis Schneid. (Fam. Rutaceae)
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| Property, Flavor and Meridians Entered |
Bitter, cold; Kidney, Bladder
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| Actions |
To clear heat and remove dampness, purge fire and eliminate fire toxin
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| Indications |
Dysentery, jaundice and morbid leucorrhea, heat stranguria, beri-beri, consumptive fever and night sweating, seminal emission, carbuncles and sores skin infection, eczema with itching, in addition, used for prostatitis, bronchitis, herps zoster, pharyngitis, tympanitis, and epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis
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| Precaution |
It is forbidden to give to patients with cold and deficiency in the spleen and stomach |
| Chemical Composition |
It contains variety of alkaloids, obacunoic acid, etc.
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