Huang Lian

Coptidis Rhizoma

Properties: BITTER - COLD
Dosage: 1.5-9g.
Meridian: HEART, LARGE INTESTINE, LIVER, STOMACH

-drain fire, relieve toxicity –high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium, painful-red eyes, sore throat, boils carbuncles, abscesses
-clear heat, drain damp –stomach– diarrhea, dysentery, acid reflux, halitosis, belching
-clear heart fire – irritability, insomnia
-topically – red-painful ulcerations

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