Coptis chinensis - huang lian

Coptis chinensis
[huang lian]
Chinese herbal medicine
Other names: Weilian, Yalian, Yunlian, Chuanhuanglian, Jizhaolian, Zhilian English name: Coptidis Rhizoma Main effects: Clearing heat and drying dampness, purging fire and detoxifying
Coptis chinensis is a Chinese herbal medicine for clearing heat and reducing fire. It has the functions of helping to clear internal heat, dissolving toxins, and relieving inflammation. It is often used to improve fever caused by internal heat, oral ulcers, and diarrhea caused by damp heat. Coptis chinensis is mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei, Yunnan and other provinces. Among them, Weilian produced in Shizhu County, Sichuan Province has the best quality because of its firm texture and high content of effective ingredients. Because it tastes particularly bitter, it must be used under the guidance of a doctor.
Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold in nature. It enters the heart, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder, and large intestine meridians. The bitter and cold characteristics of Coptis chinensis can not only clear heat and toxins in the body, but also remove dampness, especially good at removing damp heat toxins. It has outstanding effects on problems such as excessive heart fire and damp heat in the spleen and stomach. Compared with Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis is more effective in clearing dampness and heat, but its range of action is mainly concentrated in the heart, stomach, and spleen.
Modern research has found that Coptis chinensis contains a variety of alkaloid components such as berberine, coptisine, jatrorrhizine, as well as substances such as phellodendron and ferulic acid, which together play the role of clearing heat and dampness, detoxifying and reducing fire.
Effects and efficacy
Coptis chinensis has the effects of clearing heat and reducing fire, detoxifying and reducing inflammation, and can help remove dampness and heat toxins in the body. It is often used to treat diarrhea, skin eczema and other problems caused by dampness and heat. It also has a relieving effect on common "heat" symptoms such as swollen and sore gums, sore throats, and oral ulcers. Modern research has found that the active ingredients in Coptis chinensis have an inhibitory and anti-inflammatory effect on suppurative skin infections and bacterial infections. The dosage should be controlled when using it. Excessive use may cause gastrointestinal discomfort such as stomach pain and nausea.
What are the main effects and clinical applications of Coptis chinensis?
Coptis chinensis is mainly suitable for the following diseases:
·Damp-heat related diseases: stomach distension and discomfort, nausea and acid reflux, diarrhea and jaundice, etc., high fever and heart related diseases: high fever coma, panic and insomnia caused by excessive heart fire:
Bleeding diseases: nose bleeding and gum bleeding caused by blood heat:
Five sense organs diseases: red eyes, toothache, thirst caused by diabetes:
Skin and infection diseases: skin sores, pus discharge from ears, etc.
Damp-heat syndrome
To treat diarrhea and diarrhea caused by damp-heat (mucus in stool, burning sensation in the anus), Coptis chinensis can be used alone or in combination with costus root. .
To improve stomach distension, chest tightness, vomiting and diarrhea caused by damp-heat accumulation, it is often used in combination with Magnolia officinalis, Acorus calamus and other medicinal materials. .
Heart and stomach fire syndrome
·For oral ulcers caused by excessive heart fire, it is often used in combination with Gardenia jasminoides, bamboo leaves, etc.
To improve restlessness, insomnia, panic and anxiety caused by excessive heart fire, it is often used in combination with cinnabar and licorice.
Treat high fever convulsions (especially sudden high fever convulsions in children), often with bezoar, scutellaria, etc.
Relieve stomach heat vomiting (sour and smelly vomit, thirsty and prefer cold drinks), often with bamboo shavings and pinellia.
Improve stomach fire toothache (gingival swelling, relieved by cold), often with raw rehmannia and cimicifuga.
For stomach fire symptoms such as frequent hunger, thirst and frequent drinking, it can be combined with ophiopogon and gypsum. .
Treat vomiting acid water caused by liver fire invading the stomach (especially afraid of hot drinks), mainly with evodia rutaecarpa.
Improve vomiting blood and nose bleeding caused by heat forcing blood, often with rhubarb and phellodendron.
Sores, carbuncle, swelling and poison. Treat red, swollen, hot and painful skin sores (such as furuncle, folliculitis). "Often used in combination with Scutellaria baicalensis, Phellodendron chinense, etc.
Eczema, eczema, pus discharge from the ear
When skin eczema is exuding, you can apply Rhizoma Coptidis powder alone.
When the ear is pus discharge (otitis media), you can use Rhizoma Coptidis juice alone to drip into the ear, or use it with borneol and indigo to make a powder for external application.
Note: The use of Chinese medicinal materials requires the guidance of TCM syndrome differentiation. Do not take medicine on your own or trust folk prescription advertisements.