The efficacy and function of Rhizoma Coptis

Coptis chinensis is a traditional Chinese medicine. It has high medicinal value and has a good health-care effect on some diseases. In our lives, many medicines use Coptis chinensis as the main raw material, but there are still many taboos that need to be paid attention to when taking Coptis chinensis.

【English name】root of Soulie Barberry

[Other names] Scutellaria baicalensis, mouse thorn, Phellodendron chinense, small Phellodendron chinense, cat thorn, three needles

[Source] Medicinal material source: The roots and stems of Berberis coneflower, a plant of the Berberidaceae family.

[Original form] Berberis coneflower, a semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub, can reach 3m in height. The branches have obvious ridges, young branches are slightly pubescent, old branches are glabrous, brown-yellow in color, with many black warts, and the thorns are three-branched, 8-20mm long, and thin. The leaves are almost sessile, nearly leathery, and clustered in 4-15 pieces; the leaf blades are obovate-oblong to obovate, 8-25mm long, 4-11mm wide, rounded at the apex with a short tip, gradually narrowed at the base, with 3-8 sparsely spiny serrations on the margin above the middle of the leaf, with a tooth spacing of 2-3mm, dark yellow-green above, gray with white ridges below, and prominent reticulate veins on both sides. There are many flowers, densely packed into sessile short panicles, which are erect, 1-2.5 cm long, with 10-30 flowers, light yellow in color, about 6 mm in diameter; sepals are about 3.5 mm long; petals are obovate, with the inner petals slightly concave at the tip and short claws at the base; ovary contains 2 ovules. The berries are oval or spherical, 6-7mm long, and gray-red when ripe. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from July to September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in valley thickets or on the edge of hillside forests at an altitude of 2500m.

【Chemical composition】 Contains bioalkalis such as berberine.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; purges fire and detoxifies. It is used for diarrhea caused by damp-heat; painful and swollen eyes; stranguria caused by heat, leukorrhea; carbuncle, swelling, sore and eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct 9 pieces of water, 6-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and eating methods of Coptis chinensis. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.