Names Of Huang Lian

How Is Huang Lian Categorized?
Huang Lian Functional Category
- Primary Category: Herbs That Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
Other Relationships For Huang Lian
Channels Influenced
All ChannelsTemperature - Taste
All PropertiesOur Database Has 9 TCM Herbs In The Herbs That Clear Heat and Dry Dampness Category
How Is Huang Lian Used Clinically?
Huang Lian 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.
How Is Huang Lian Prepared?
Dosage and Preparation Notes For Huang Lian
- Dosage: 1.5-9g
Conditions Potentially Related With Huang Lian

Huang Lian Related Conditions
DeliriumDiarrheaFeverFuruncles (Boils)InsomniaIrritabilitySore ThroatVomiting
All Conditions
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Formulas Which Generally Contain Huang Lian
Our database contains 11 TCM Formulas where Huang Lian is generally used
A
- An Gong Niu Huang Wan -Calm The Palace Pill With Cattle Gallstone (Clear Heat)
B
- Ban Xia Xie Xin Wan -Pinellia Drain Epigastrium Pills (Harmonize)
H
- Huang Lian Jie Du Wan -Coptis Decoction To Relieve Toxicity (Clear Heat)
- Huang Lian Shang Qing Wan -Coptis Clearance Pill (Clear Heat)
J
- Jian Pi Wan -Strengthen Spleen Pills (Reduce Food Stagnation)
- Jiang Tang Wan -Lower Blood Sugar Pill (Tonify)
P
- Ping Gan Liu Qi Yin Wan -Dang Gui And Pinellia Combination (Harmonize)
- Pu Ji Xiao Du Wan -Universal Benefit Decoction To Eliminate Toxin (Clear Heat)
S
- San Huang Xie Xin Wan -Drain The Epigastrium Decoction (Clear Heat)
X
- Xiang Lian Wan -Aucklandia and Coptis Pills (Clear Heat)
- Xie Xin Wan -Drain the Epigastrium Formula (Clear Heat)
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