INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cortex Phellodendri |
| Common English: | Amur Cork-Tree Bark Phellodendron Bark Siberian Cork-Tree Bark |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter |
Cold |
Kidney Urinary Bladder (Large Intestine) |
3-12g Tincture: 2-4ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Drains Damp-Heat especially from the Lower Jiao |
Thick, yellow vaginal discharge, foul smelling diarrhea or dysenteric disorder Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao Hot Leg Qi with red, swollen, painful knees, legs or feet Damp-Heat jaundice |
Drains Kidney Fire (False Heat, Deficiency Heat) |
Kidney Yin Deficiency with Empty Fire Rising (steaming bone disorder, night sweats, afternoon fevers and sweating, occasionally with nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea) |
Drains Fire and relieves Fire toxicity |
Toxic sores and Damp-skin lesions (internally and topically) |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Sm. Plantaginis |
Sm. Plantaginis |
Rx. Paeoniae Rubra |
| Burning, painful, hesitant urination. |
Yellow vaginal discharge due to Damp-Heat. |
Hot, bloody dysenteric disorders. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rx. Aucklandiae |
Hb. Asari
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Damp-Heat diarrhea or dysenteric disorders. |
Acute diarrhea and abdominal pain. |
Urinary frequency, urgency, discomfort and pain. |
Fr. Gardeniae |
Rz. Anemarrhenae
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| Damp-Heat leg Qi. |
Damp-Heat jaundice. |
Yin Deficiency fever with steaming bones and night sweats. Lower Jiao Damp-Heat. |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
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Steaming bone disorder and spermatorrhea due to Yin Deficiency. |
Sore and weak low back and legs. |
Eczema. |
Pig Gall |
Rz. Atractylodis |
Fr. Gardeniae |
Topically for sores and abscesses. |
Eliminates Dampness and clears Heat for: Regulates painful obstruction in the legs and knees. |
Resolves constraint and directs Qi downward for clearing Heat and Fire from the Liver channel. Eliminates pathogenic Dampness from the Liver/Gallbladder for Yang type jaundice with noticeable fever, markedly yellow/orange skin and eyes, thirst and a red tongue with a yellow coat. Lower Jiao Damp-Heat leading to hot, painful urinary dysfunction. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rz. Atractylodis |
Cx. Eucommiae |
Dysentery. |
Bi syndrome. |
Bi syndrome with sore and weak low back and knees. |
Charred Rz. Imperatae |
Fr. Gardeniae |
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Lin syndrome. |
Use charred with the above herbs for hematuria. |
Yellow vaginal discharge. |
Hb. Polygoni Avicularis |
Flos Sophorae |
Rz. Coptidis |
Dysuria. |
Bleeding hemorrhoids. |
Skin abscesses and lesions. |
Rx. Sophorae Flavescentis |
Fel Porcus |
Egg Whites |
Rashes and eczema. |
Topically for carbuncles or furuncles. |
Topically for breast abscesses. |
Rz. Anemarrhenae |
Sm Tritici Levis |
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Severe Yin Deficiency Fire. |
Kidney Yin and Yang Deficiency with Yin Deficiency Fire. |
Night sweats. |
Mel |
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Irritability. |
For stomatitis, roast with the above herbs and gargle. |
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- This is the primary herb for treating Deficiency Fire.
- It is known as “the poor man’s cure-all because of its antibiotic properties and low cost.
- The bark is ground to a powder and applied externally for Damp-Heat skin ailments.
- It creates a nauseating flavor in herb teas because of its bitterness.
- It is used as an eye wash when decocted in liquid.
- It is used to clear Heat from the Stomach and Intestines.
- It is also said to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- This herb is said to eliminate uric acid.
- It is also known to be a cholegogue.
- It can treat gastrointestinal infections, cerebrospinal meningitis, suppurative otitis media, urinary tract infections, candida, trichomonas and gout.
- It is said to prolong sleep.
- This herb, in combination with Four Substances Decoction Si Wu Tang, treats migrating bone pain in the extremities, feet and knee pain, malignant sores all over the body, serious beriberi, nausea, and hiccup.
- This herb reduces Excess Heat and Yin Deficiency Fire when roasted with wine, extinguishes lower Jiao Fire when roasted with salt, expels Phlegm-Fire when roasted with ginger, eliminates Damp-Heat when roasted black with ginger juice and diminishes Deficiency Fire when roasted black with salty wine.
- This herb treats Heat in the Urinary Bladder, dysuria, Damp swelling in the Lower Jiao, early-stage bloody dysentery, navel pain and Kidney Yin Deficiency.
- For stomatitis, roast this herb with honey and gargle.
- Dry-fried Phellodendron Chao Huang Bai has reduced cold properties and is reduced potential for damaging the Spleen. It is used to direct Lower Jiao Fire downward to protect Kidney water.
- Wine-fried Phellodendron Jiu Chao Huang Bai is best for cooling Upper Jiao Blood Heat. It is used for when Yin Fire flares upward causing ulcers of the mouth and tongue. It also adds Blood Invigorating, Stasis Dispersing qualities to the herb and makes it useful in treating Blood Stagnation with Heat.
- This herb is an excellent remedy for a wide range of intestinal dysbiosis and toxicosis conditions including food allergies, giardiasis, and acute skin and middle ear infections.
- Huang Bai, Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian and Rx. Scutellariae Huang Qin all clear Heat, drain Fire, relieve toxicity and dry Dampness and are used for Damp-Heat or Heat Toxin with overwhelming Fire. Huang Bai primarily drains Kidney Fire and reduces Lower Jiao Damp-Heat. Huang Lian is best for for draining Heart and Stomach Fire, stopping nausea and eliminating focal distention in the Middle Jiao. Huang Qin is best for draining Lung Fire and calming the fetus.
- Huang Bai and Cx. Ailanthi Chun Pi both clear Heat, dry Dampness and treat Damp-Heat vaginal discharge. Huang Bai is very bitter and cold with strong cooling and drying properties to treat a wide variety of syndromes, while Chun Pi restricts, binds and cools the Blood for incessant uterine bleeding, hemafecia and chronic dysentery disorders.