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.

Dosage and Preparation Notes For Huang Lian

• Dosage: 1.5-9g

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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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