Tu Huang Lian土黄连
Herba Berberis JulianaeWintergreen Barberry
- Category
- Herbs that clear Heat
- Nature
- cold
- Taste
- bitter
- Channels entered
- Liver, Stomach, Large Intestine
- Dosage
- 6–9 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 6–9 g
- Dosage
- 30–60 g
Actions & indications
- Eliminates Heat, relieves Dampness, purges Excessive Fire and detoxifies
- Acute enteritis, dysentery jaundice, scrofula pneumonia, conjunctivitis, boils, metrorrhagia, metrostaxis, hypertension, leukopenia, sore throat, swollen gums, cholera, typhoid fever
- Topically for infected wounds
Notes
- This herb lowers uric acid and is used to treat gout.
- It has been shown to inhibit cancer cell growth.