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Huang Lian黄连

Rhizoma CoptidisCoptis Rhizome

También conocido comoGoldthread Root

Categoría
Herbs that Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
Naturaleza
frío
Sabor
amargo
Canales de destino
Corazón, Intestino grueso, Hígado, Estómago
Canales secundarios
Vesícula biliar, Bazo
Dosis
1.5–10 g

Esta entrada aún no está traducida: el texto siguiente está en inglés.

Dosis habituales

Dosis
1.5–10 g
Tincture
0.25–3 ml

Acciones & indicaciones

Clears Heat and drains Dampness
  • Damp-Heat in the Stomach or Intestines with diarrhea or dysenteric disorder, enteritis and vaginal infection, cholera, acute gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, staphylococcus
  • Stomach Heat with vomiting and/or acid regurgitation
Drains Fire and resolves Fire toxicity
  • Heat with Blazing Fire (Toxic Heat) with high fever. irritability, disorientation, delirium, a red tongue and a rapid, full pulse
  • Heat from Excess with toxicity painful, red eyes, otitis and a sore throat, ear, nose and throat infection
  • Boils, carbuncles and abscesses (Chuang Yung)
Clears Heat and stops bleeding
Blood Heat with epistaxis, hematemesis, hematuria, hemafecia and hemoptysis
Clears Heat topically
Infected wounds, red and painful eyes, ulcerations of the tongue and mouth (topical)
Clears Heart Fire (sedative)
  • Heart Fire
  • Lack of communication between the Heart and Kidneys
Drains Stomach Fire
Stomach Fire

Contraindicaciones

  • Avoid in Yang Deficiency.
  • Avoid with Cold conditions.
  • Avoid in Qi and Blood Deficiency.
  • Avoid with nausea or vomiting from Stomach Deficiency Cold.
  • Avoid with insomnia and fright from Blood Deficiency presenting with restless Heat and thirst.
  • Avoid with diarrhea and abdominal pain.
  • Avoid with fever from Blood Deficiency.
  • Avoid in children with pox and sores accompanied by diarrhea from Yang Deficiency.
  • Avoid with postpartum insomnia.
  • Avoid with Yin Deficiency producing Internal Heat and restless irritability.
  • Use cautiously with diarrhea from Spleen or Kidney Deficiency.
  • Extended use may injure the Spleen and Stomach.
  • Do not use unless the tongue coating is thick, yellow, greasy, and covers the whole tongue.
  • Avoid combining this herb with pork.
  • Avoid combining this herb with cold water.

Incompatibilidades

  • Antagonistic with Flos Chrysanthemi Ju Hua.
  • Antagonistic with Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen.
  • Antagonistic with Cx. Dictamni Bai Xian Pi.
  • Antagonistic with Bombyx Batryticatus Jiang Can.
  • Counteracts Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua.
  • Counteracts Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae Niu Xi.
  • Should not be taken with pork.

Interacciones

This herb may help treat cyclophosphamide-induced cystitis and help prevent cyclophosphamide urotoxicity.

Combinaciones

  • Damp-Heat dysenteric disorders.

  • Diarrhea or dysentery with concurrent External Heat.

  • Dysenteric disorders with a lingering exterior pathogen; Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao with diarrhea or dysentery.

  • Combined Cold-Heat patterns of the Intestines and Stomach with focal distention, nausea, vomiting, and a stifling sensation in the chest.

  • Phlegm-Heat clumped in the chest with a stifling feeling below the Heart, painful on palpation.

  • High fever, irritability, dry mouth and throat, and dark urine from Fire toxin in the three burners.

  • Epigastric and abdominal pain, acid regurgitation, ulcers, vomiting, and epigastric discomfort from Liver Fire or Stomach Heat.

  • Dysenteric disorder with abdominal pain.

  • Toothache, gum swelling, bad breath, dental problems, and mouth and tongue ulcers from Stomach Fire; swollen eyes and deafness; red, photophobic eyes from Liver Fire.

  • Toothache, gum swelling, and mouth and tongue ulcers from Stomach Fire (a stronger effect).

  • Toothache from Stomach Fire.

  • Insomnia and delirium from unrelenting Heat injuring the Ying level.

  • Wasting and thirsting disorder from Excess Heat; Stomach Fire with excessive hunger.

  • Nausea, vomiting, hiccup, or dry retching from Stomach Fire; vomiting mucus or acid regurgitation from Phlegm-Heat obstructing the Stomach; Gallbladder Fire and Phlegm-Heat disturbing the Heart with palpitations, insomnia, irritability, and chest oppression.

  • Blazing Stomach Fire with intense hunger, dry stools, a dry yellow tongue coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.

  • Insomnia with disturbed dreams, palpitations worse at night, and irritability from disrupted communication between the Heart and Kidneys.

    • Zhi Zi
    • Shi Gao

    Ying-stage Heat with delirium and loss of consciousness.

  • Heart Fire with Blood Heat.

  • Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao.

  • Boils, carbuncles, and furuncles.

  • Combined Cold and Heat in the Middle Jiao with abdominal fullness, nausea, and vomiting.

  • Dysenteric disorders from Damp-Heat obstructing the Intestines.

  • Hot dysenteric disorders with Qi Stagnation; Damp-Heat in the Middle Jiao with pronounced tenesmus.

  • Heat toxin clumped in the Intestines, damaging the Blood collaterals and producing blood and pus in the stool, particularly during pregnancy or postpartum.

  • Insomnia and irritability from overwhelming Heart Fire together with Yin and Blood Deficiency.

  • Restless Heat and chest fullness from Yin Deficiency Fire attacking the Heart; Internal Heat with thirst, Dryness, cough, and irritability; seasonal epidemic dysenteric disorders with inability to eat.

  • Drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling, and pain of the head and face, dry mouth, parched throat, mouth and tongue ulcers, epistaxis, rashes, and irritability in warm-febrile disease; for explosive diarrhea and dysentery with burning anal pain or fetid, filthy stools and abdominal pain; and for nausea in pregnancy from Heat disturbing the fetus.

  • Diarrhea or dysentery with a burning sensation in the anus.

  • Acid regurgitation.

  • Diarrhea occurring within an Exterior syndrome.

  • Diarrhea with bleeding.

  • Wasting and thirsting disorder (diabetes).

  • Liver Fire.

  • Red eyes from Liver Yang Rising.

  • Insomnia and irritability from Heart Fire.

  • Hematemesis and rectal bleeding from Blood Heat.

Notas

  • It is among the coldest, most bitter, and most drying herbs in Chinese Medicine.
  • Its principal use is for Liver and Heart Fire, particularly when it invades the Spleen, Stomach, or Lungs.
  • Its antibacterial action makes it valuable for intestinal infections.
  • Given its extreme bitterness, it is better taken as an extract or in pill form.
  • It is botanically related to goldenseal.
  • It has notably broad-spectrum antifungal activity.
  • It ranks among the best herbs for intestinal infections accompanied by bleeding.
  • Used on its own, it treats photophobia, blurred vision, floaters, night blindness, and acute conjunctivitis arising from Liver Blood Deficiency with Liver Yang Rising.
  • It can also serve as an external eyewash.
  • It is said to cure eye pain caused by pathogenic Heat.
  • It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.
  • It is said to cure five kinds of impairment and seven kinds of trauma.
  • It moves Qi, relieves gastralgia, eases palpitations with fear and restlessness, moistens the Heart and Lungs, promotes tissue regeneration, and stops hemorrhage.
  • It is said to disperse Blood Stagnation in the tongue.
  • It is said to cure Qi and Blood Deficiency, weakened Spleen and Stomach, and Yin Deficiency with restlessness from Internal Heat accumulation — though salt should not be used alongside it for these conditions.
  • Roasted, the herb's action moves upward toward the brain, eyes, mouth, and tongue.
  • Roasted with ginger juice, it cures pyogenic swelling and infection, Summerheat, malignant infection, sores, and ulcers.
  • Japanese Coptis serves as a cheaper substitute.
  • It can drain Heat throughout the Heart, Spleen, Liver, and Kidneys, and Fire throughout the Large Intestine, Small Intestine, Gallbladder, and Stomach.
  • It is said to treat hypertension.
  • It is also said to extend sleep.
  • It is said to treat upper respiratory infection, pneumonia, tuberculosis, and gout, and is used against staphylococcus, pneumococcus, bacillus anthracis, and vibrio cholerae.
  • For Upper Jiao Heat, stir-fry it in sake.
  • For Middle Jiao Heat, stir-fry it with chopped ginger.
  • For Lower Jiao Heat, stir-fry it in seawater.
  • For Heat from Food Accumulation, stir-fry it in soil.
  • Frying it with pig bile strengthens its effect in sedating Liver and Gallbladder Fire.
  • Huang Lian, Fr. Evodiae Wu Zhu Yu, and Rz. Zingiberis Recens Sheng Jiang all relieve nausea: Wu Zhu Yu warms the Liver for nausea and acid regurgitation from Liver Cold invading the Stomach, Huang Lian clears Stomach Heat for nausea and bile vomiting from Damp-Heat in the Stomach, and Sheng Jiang warms the Middle for vomiting of clear fluid from Stomach Cold.
  • Dry-fried as Chao Huang Lian, its Cold nature is moderated to avoid harming Spleen and Stomach Yang, and it enters the Blood to cool Blood Heat and resolve toxicity.
  • Ginger-processed as Jiang Huang Lian, its cooling effect concentrates in the Middle Jiao, cooling Stomach Fire and Heat, relieving nausea, and sending rebellious Qi downward.
  • Wine-fried as Jiu Huang Lian, it reaches the head and eyes, cooling Upper Jiao Fire to treat eye, ear, tongue, or mouth pain and ulcers caused by pathogenic Fire or Heat.
  • Processed with Evodia as Yu Huang Lian, it concentrates on clearing Damp-Heat at the Qi Level with diarrhea and nausea, or Liver-Stomach Disharmony with Liver Fire causing acid regurgitation, belching, or nausea.
  • Salt-water fried as Yan Shui Chao Huang Lian, it is less drying and focuses on the Lower Jiao, clearing Fire to protect Kidney water.
  • Charred as Huang Lian Tan, it enters the Blood Level to cool Heat, cool the Blood, stop bleeding, and relieve dysenteric disorders; it is used for hemorrhage from Blood Heat and for pus in the stool from Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine.

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