Huang Bai
黃栢 huáng bǎi, "yellow fir"

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Dry Dampness

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Alternate Names:

Name	Pin Yin	Chinese	Translated
Chao Huang Bai
Zhi Huang Bai

	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 3-12g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of Cold from Deficiency in the Spleen and Stomach		Meridians: Urinary Bladder , Kidney
	Preparation: • Dry-fried • Wine-fried		Quality: Good quality - thick and clean bark, uniform in size, with a light yellow cross section, and fine longitudinal striation
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (32) li shī qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Master Li's Decoction to clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi) bái tóu wēng jiā gān cǎo ē jiāo tāng (Pulsatilla Decoction plus Licorice and Ass-Hide Gelatin) bái tóu wēng tāng (Pulsatilla Decoction) dà zào wán (Great Creation Pill) dān huáng sì nì sǎn (Moutan and Phellodendron Powder for Frigid Extemities) dāng guī liù huáng tāng (Tangkuei and Six-yellow Decoction) dāng guī lóng huì wán (Tangkuei, Gentiana Longdancao, and Aloe Pill) èr miāo sǎn (Two Marvel Powder) èr xiān tāng (Two-Immortal Decoction) gù jīng wán (Stabilize the Menses Pill) huáng lián jiě dú tāng (Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity) jiā weì bái tóu wēng tāng (Augmented Pulsatilla Decoction) jiā wèi èr miào wán (Augmented Two-Marvel Pill) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) mù xiāng bīng láng wán (Aucklandia and Betel Nut Pill from the Analytic Co) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) qīng jīng sǎn (Clear the Menses Powder) qīng jīng zhǐ xuè tāng (Cool the Menses and Stop Bleeding Decoction) qīng rè zhǐ bēng tāng (Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Dec) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) sān miáo wán (Three-Marvel Pill) shí gaō tāng (Gypsum Decoction) shū fēng huò xuè tāng (Disperse Wind and Invigorate Blood Decoction) sì miào wan (Four-Marvel Pill) wēn qīng yǐn (Warming and Clearing Decoction) wū méi wán (Mume Pill) yì huáng tāng (Change Yellow (Discharge) Decoction ) yì qì cōng míng tāng (Augment the Qi and Increase Acuity Decoction) zhī zǐ bái pí tāng (Gardenia and Phellodendron Decoction) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction) zī shèn tōng guān wán (Enrich the Kidneys and Open the Gates Pill)

Family:

Rutaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Cortex Phellodendri

Botanical: Phellodendron Chinense Schneid.,Phellodendron Amurense Rupr.

Japanese: obaku

Korean: hwangbaek

Common: amur cork tree bark, phellodendron bark

Temperature: Cold

	+2 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Drains fire and relieves toxicity add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Drains damp heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Thick yellow vaginal discharge add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Foul-smelling diarrhea add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dysenteric disorder add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Hot leg qi add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Red, swollen, painful knees, legs, or feet add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Ascending KD fire with signs of yin deficiency add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Steaming bone disorder add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Night sweats add comment

	+1 Shaun Watkins Treats deficient kidney yin add comment

	+1 bes Yu for Tinea Pedis, add Semen Coicis ( (薏苡仁, ) Yi Yi Ren), Fructus Chaenomelis ( (木瓜, wood melon) Mu Gua) and Semen Arecae ( (檳榔, areca) Bing Lang). For eczema in the lower body, add semen coicis ( (薏苡仁, ) Yi Yi Ren) and Radix Gentiana ( (龍膽草, dragon gallbladder herb) Long Dan Cao) add comment

Huang Bai黃栢 huáng bǎi, "yellow fir"

Huang Bai
黃栢 huáng bǎi, "yellow fir"