Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- LIV, ST, LI.
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Rhizoma Picrorrhizae
- Chinese
- 胡簧莲
- Tone Marks
- hú huáng lián
- Translation
- Barbarian Yellow Link
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears Damp-Heat For dysentery, diarrhea, and hemorrhoids.
- Clears Heat from Deficiency For heat signs caused by a deficiency of Yin.
- Clears Heat and Reduces Childhood malnutrition When childhood nutritional impairment is present with afternoon fevers, abdominal distention, and dysentery.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-9 grams.
- Part used: root.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Caution in cases of weak spleen and stomach.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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