Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
Huang Bai 黄柏
Cortex Phellodendri Phellodendron or Amur Cork tree Bark
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Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Bitter, Cold
- Channels Entered
- KI, BL
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Cortex Phellodendri
- Chinese
- 黄柏
- Tone Marks
- huáng băi
- Translation
- Yellow Fir
Chinese Herb Actions
- Eliminates Heat and Dampness For Damp-Heat in the lower Jiao with symptoms of yellow vaginal discharge, diarrhea with strong odor, dysentery, jaundice, or acute urinary tract infections. Also used to treat Damp-Heat pouring downward causing red and swollen knees, legs, or feet.
- Reduces Kidney Fire For rising Kidney Fire from Yin deficiency, with night sweats, afternoon fevers, steaming bone disorder, nocturnal emissions or spermatorrhea.
- Drains Fire Toxicity For damp skin lesions, abscess, eczema, furuncles, or boils.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 3-12 grams.
- Part used: bark.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Contraindicated in cases of spleen deficiency, with or without diarrhea.
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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