Chinese Medicine Huang Lian As the saying goes, “A mute eats Huang Lian (Coptis), unable to express the bitterness,” which illustrates the extreme bitterness of Huang Lian. However, good medicine is often bitter and beneficial for illness. Huang Lian clears heat, dries dampness, drains fire, and detoxifies. Many well-known heat-clearing Chinese patent medicines contain Huang … Read more
Editor’s Note Some say that the bittersweet experience of a crush during adolescence is like Huang Lian (Coptis chinensis), a pain that only one can truly understand! Just how bitter is Huang Lian? The saying “a mute eats Huang Lian, unable to express the bitterness” seems to confirm this! When people describe something as extremely … Read more
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Huang Lian (Coptis chinensis) 【Herbal Name】Huang Lian 【Alias】Wang Lian, Zhi Lian 【Medicinal Part】Rhizome 【Plant Morphology】1. Huang Lian: A perennial herb. The rhizome is yellow, branched, and densely covered with fibrous roots. The leaves are basal; with petioles; leaf blades are thick and paper-like, ovate-triangular, and 3-lobed; the central lobe has a petiole, is ovate-rhombic, with … Read more
Many people often experience recurrent heat symptoms. They take some heat-clearing medications, but after a few days, the heat returns, and ultimately, their stomach becomes increasingly cold, leading to diarrhea whenever they consume cold foods. What is going on? Today, Dr. Li will provide you with the answer to help improve this condition. This phenomenon … Read more
Normal tongue coating: pale red tongue with thin white coating. The tongue coating during a cold is also white, but slightly whiter than normal. Cold-dampness due to internal injury also presents with a white coating, but the white coating from internal injury is thicker. The following images show the tongue coating during a cold, which … Read more
Dr. Xiao Bai: A reference article for clinical practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Introduction: Today, let us learn from Mr. Tao Yufeng about the 21 uses of Huang Lian (Coptis Chinensis). 1 Huang Lian is a key herb for treating eye diseases, dysentery, and vomiting. However, for eye diseases, it must be combined with … Read more
Starting today, I will share clinical case studies. The protagonist of today’s case is a 28-year-old young woman who usually experiences a sticky sensation in her mouth, accompanied by halitosis. Recently, she developed papules on her face with accompanying itching discomfort. After the onset of her condition, she visited a certain hospital, where she was … Read more
Next, I will share thoughts on the heat of Wu Mei Wan and the heat of Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang. Wu Mei Wan uses Huang Lian (Coptis) combined with Huang Bai (Phellodendron) to clear heat (Jue Yin heat), while Chai Hu Gui Zhi Gan Jiang Tang uses Huang Qin (Scutellaria) to clear … Read more
Huang Lian Decoction (Huang Lian Tang) is also a formula for Jueyin disease, utilizing both cold and heat to primarily treat gastrointestinal symptoms. It embodies the functions of acrid dispersing, bitter descending, and sweet tonifying, with a pathogenesis and treatment method similar to Ban Xia Xie Xin Tang.For 173, in cases of cold damage with … Read more