Hu Huang Lian

Picrorhizae Rhizoma

Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3-9g.
Meridian: LIVER, STOMACH, LARGE INTESTINE

-drain damp heat – dysentery, sores
-clear deficient heat – yin deficiency heat symptoms
-clear heat – reduce childhood nutritional impairment, abdominal distention, afternoon fever, dysent

Reference
Benskey & Gamble 1986, Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, Seattle Washington, Eastland Press