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Huang Bai (Huang Bo)黄柏

Cortex PhellodendriAmur Cork-Tree Bark

También conocido comoPhellodendron Bark · Siberian Cork-Tree Bark

Categoría
Herbs That Clean Heat and Dry Dampness
Naturaleza
frío
Sabor
amargo
Canales de destino
Riñón, Vejiga
Canales secundarios
Intestino grueso
Dosis
3–12 g

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Dosis habituales

Dosis
3–12 g
Tincture
2–4 ml

Acciones & indicaciones

Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower *Jiao*
  • Thick, yellow vaginal discharge, foul smelling diarrhea or dysenteric disorder
  • Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
  • Hot Leg Qi with red, swollen, painful knees, legs or feet
  • Damp-Heat jaundice
Drains Kidney Fire (False Heat, Deficiency Heat)
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Rising (steaming bone disorder, night sweats, afternoon fevers and sweating, occasionally with nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea)
Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity
Toxic sores and Damp-skin lesions (internally and topically)

Contraindicaciones

  • Avoid in Spleen and Stomach Deficiency, whether or not diarrhea is present.
  • Avoid in generalized Yang Deficiency.

Combinaciones

Notas

  • It stands as the principal herb for addressing Deficiency Fire.
  • Because it is inexpensive yet has antibiotic properties, it has earned the nickname "the poor man's cure-all."
  • Ground into a powder, the bark is applied externally to treat Damp-Heat skin conditions.
  • Its intense bitterness gives herbal decoctions an unpleasant, nausea-inducing taste.
  • Decocted into a liquid, it serves as an eyewash.
  • It clears Heat from the Stomach and Intestines.
  • It is also reported to inhibit cancer cell growth.
  • This herb is said to help eliminate uric acid.
  • It is also recognized as a cholagogue.
  • Conditions it can treat include gastrointestinal infections, cerebrospinal meningitis, suppurative otitis media, urinary tract infections, candida, trichomonas, and gout.
  • It is said to extend sleep duration.
  • Combined with Four Substances Decoction Si Wu Tang, this herb addresses migrating bone pain in the limbs, foot and knee pain, malignant sores over the body, severe beriberi, nausea, and hiccup.
  • Depending on the processing method, its actions shift: roasted with wine it lessens Excess Heat and Yin Deficiency Fire, roasted with salt it puts out Lower Jiao Fire, roasted with ginger it dispels Phlegm-Fire, roasted black with ginger juice it removes Damp-Heat, and roasted black with salty wine it reduces Deficiency Fire.
  • It also addresses Heat in the Urinary Bladder, dysuria, Damp swelling in the Lower Jiao, early-stage bloody dysentery, navel pain, and Kidney Yin Deficiency.
  • For stomatitis, roast the herb with honey and use as a gargle.
  • Dry-fried as Chao Huang Bai, it is less Cold and less likely to harm the Spleen; it is used to direct Lower Jiao Fire downward and protect Kidney water.
  • Wine-fried as Jiu Chao Huang Bai, it excels at cooling Upper Jiao Blood Heat and is used when Yin Fire rises to cause mouth and tongue ulcers; the wine-processing also lends it Blood-invigorating, Stasis-dispersing qualities, making it useful for Blood Stagnation with Heat.
  • It is an excellent remedy across a range of intestinal dysbiosis and toxicosis conditions, including food allergies, giardiasis, and acute skin or middle-ear infections.
  • Huang Bai, Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian, and Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin together clear Heat, drain Fire, resolve toxicity, and dry Dampness, and are all used for Damp-Heat or Heat Toxin with overwhelming Fire; Huang Bai is most effective at draining Kidney Fire and reducing Lower Jiao Damp-Heat, Huang Lian excels at draining Heart and Stomach Fire, stopping nausea, and clearing focal distention in the Middle Jiao, and Huang Qin is strongest for draining Lung Fire and calming the fetus.
  • Huang Bai and Cx. Ailanthi Chun Pi share the ability to clear Heat, dry Dampness, and treat Damp-Heat vaginal discharge; Huang Bai, intensely bitter and cold, brings strong cooling and drying action to a broad range of syndromes, whereas Chun Pi astringes, binds, and cools the Blood for incessant uterine bleeding, hemafecia, and chronic dysenteric disorders.

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