The efficacy and function of Huanglianya

Huanglianya is a very common Chinese medicine in our daily life and it is also very important in our daily life. However, some people don’t know much about the effects and functions of Huanglianya, so let us learn about it in detail below.

[Other names] Huangliantou, Huiwei (A Brief Knowledge of Physics), Huangliantou, Lanxiang (Food Examination), Coptis chinensis bud (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica), Huangli bud (Illustrated Records of Plant Names and Realities), Huangercha, Coptis chinensis tea (Chinese Tree Taxonomy).

[Source] It is the leaf bud of Pistacia chinensis, a plant of the Anacardiaceae family.

[Original form] Pistacia chinensis (Guangxi Tongzhi), also known as: yellow linden tree (Herbal for Famine Relief), herbal tea tree (Fujian Tongzhi), Shengtielimu (Jiaonan Miscellaneous Notes), Kaimu (Huainan Herbal Trees), stone lian, yellow bud tree, cockscomb tree, poplar, rotten heart wood, and yellow flower.

【Habitat distribution】Grows in low mountains, hills and plains. Distributed in Hebei, Henan, Anhui, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shandong and other places.

[Chemical composition] The heartwood contains 1.21% fisetin, 0.015% lignin, 0.01% quercetin, 0.005% taxifolin, 0.13% gallic acid and 0.03% β-sitosterol.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, detoxifies and quenches thirst. It is used to treat summer heat and thirst, sha disease, dysentery, sore throat due to sunburn, oral and tongue erosions, rheumatism sores, and lacquer sores.

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decoction, soak in water or pickle. For external use: mash the juice and apply it or decoct it in water for washing.

[Additional prescription] For treating the initial stage of rheumatism and lacquer sores: half a catty of Coptis chinensis leaves or bark, four to five ounces of chestnut root bark. Mash it into fine powder, brew it with boiling rice water, cover it and simmer it for 1 to 2 hours, and scrub the affected area. (Jiangxi "Handbook of Herbs")

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

The above content is an introduction to the traditional Chinese medicine Huanglianya. We should learn more about Huanglianya in our daily life so that we can use it more reasonably and better play the value of Huanglianya.