Huang Bai

Phellodendri Cortex

Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 3-12g.
Meridian: KIDNEY, BLADDER

-drain damp heat –lower jiao – thick-yellow leucorrhea, diarrhea, dysentery, red-swollen-painful knee joints, jaundice
-drains kidney fire – steaming bone, night sweat, afternoon fever
-drain fire, relieve toxicity – sores and lesions

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