Huang Lian Coptis Rhizome - Chinese Herbal Medicine
Huang Lian Names
- English Name: Coptis Rhizome
- Pinyin Name: Huang Lian
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Huang Lian Clinical Usages and Indications
- Drains fire, relieves toxicity - high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium, painful, red eyes, red tongue, sore throat, boils, carbuncles, abscesses.
- Clears heat, drains dampness - for damp-heat in the stomach or intestine, diarrhea or dysenteric disorder, vomiting and/or acid regurgitation due to stomach heat.
- Clears heart fire - irritability, insomnia.
- Clears heat and stops bleeding - nosebleed, blood in the urine, stool, vomiting due to hot blood.
- Topically for red, painful eyes and ulcerations of the tongue and mouth.
Huang Lian Dosage and Prep Notes
- Dosage: 1.5-9g
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Huang Lian Appears In 6 Formulas
An Gong Niu Huang Wan
- Calm The Palace Pill With Cattle Gallstone
- Resuscitates, clears heat, calms shen, and expels phelgm - coma arising from stroke, convulsions, loss of consciousness.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat and Open The Orifices
- Cautions
- Pregnancy
- Do not take this formula when pregnant.
Ban Xia Xie Xin Wan
- Pinellia Drain Epigastrium Pills
- Distension and fullness of the epigastrium usually without pain.
- Borborygmus (gurgling sounds), and diarrhea if spleen qi is affected.
- Vomiting with possible dry heaves due to rebellious stomach qi.
- Harmonize
- Harmonize the Stomach and Intestines
- Cautions
Do not use for epigastric distention due to food stagnation. Use with caution if patient has yin deficiency.
Huang Lian Shang Qing Wan
- Coptis Clearance Pill
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- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
Jian Pi Wan
- Strengthen Spleen Pills
- For stomach and spleen qi deficiency with dampness that has potentially generated mild interior-heat - diarrhea, abdominal pain, poor appetite, epigastric pain.
- May be used in early pregnancy for more deficient patients particularly with a tendency towards miscarriage.
- May be used with pediatric patients for poor appetite and looser stools.
- Reduce Food Stagnation
Xiang Lian Wan
- Aucklandia and Coptis Pills
- Diarrhea expecially with bright blood or mucus and foul smelling resuling from damp heat.
- Nausea, abdominal cramps or bloating, with possible loss of appetite from damp accumulation.
- Vomitting, hiccups, excessive belching, acid reflux due to rebellious stomach qi and heat.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Damp-Heat
- Cautions
- Pregnancy
- Use with caution during pregnancy.
Xie Xin Wan
- Drain the Epigastrium Formula
Signs of damp-heat with interior clumping which may settle into the abdominal region and/or rise upward to the head. Fever, irritability, red eyes, constipation, dark urine, flushed face - middle warmer issues - jaundice, dysentery, tongue/mouth ulcers.
Pulse will be be wiry and rapid and the Tongue will be red, swollen with a yellow greasy tongue coating.
- Clear Heat
- Clear Heat and Relieve Toxicity
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