What are the effects of Chinese medicine Huangbo

Phellodendron chinense is commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, and removing dampness and heat. It is also clinically used to treat acute and chronic inflammations such as pneumonia, hepatitis, acute conjunctivitis, maxillary sinusitis, otitis media, etc., because it has an inhibitory effect on infectious bacteria. In addition, it has a good alleviating and therapeutic effect on bacterial dysentery, diarrhea caused by cold during pregnancy and postpartum period, toothache, etc. It can be used externally to treat various skin diseases and prevent bacterial infections of the hands and feet. Therefore, it can relieve itching, kill bacteria and promote recovery for patients with blisters and athlete's foot.

1. It is used to treat foot paralysis caused by "damp heat" (roughly the same as infectious peripheral neuritis, spinal radiculitis, etc.), paralysis and numbness of the lower limbs, symptoms such as chest heat, dry mouth and throat, and dry stool. Use Phellodendron chinense and Atractylodes macrocephala to clear damp heat, which is Er Miao San. Adding Achyranthes bidentata to name San Miao San will have a better effect. This can be used as the basic prescription, and appropriate medicines can be added according to the symptoms.

2. Used to treat febrile dysentery. It can be used alone or with Pulsatilla striata and Qinpi.

3. Used to treat damp-heat jaundice (yellowing of the whole body, fever, and sweating on the head). It can be combined with Gardenia, such as Gardenia and Cypress Bark Decoction, but other heat-clearing and dampness-drying medicines are often needed.

4. Used to treat Yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, hot flashes and bone steaming. It can be combined with Anemarrhena asphodeloides to relieve kidney fire, such as Zhibai Bawei Pills and Dabuyin Pills.

5. Used to treat yellow turbid leucorrhea caused by damp heat. It can be combined with water chestnut, ginkgo, etc., in a recipe such as Yihuang Decoction.

6. Used to treat damp and hot skin (sores, boils, eczema, etc.). It can be taken internally and externally with Sophora flavescens, Schizonepeta tenuifolia, Perilla frutescens, etc., or used as a wet compress. You can also use 3g of Phellodendron chinense powder, 3g of Indigo powder, and 30g of Gypsum powder, and mix with sesame oil to apply on eczema.

It is not suitable for patients with poor gastrointestinal function and indigestion. Huangbo is bitter in nature and is very harmful to the stomach, so care should be taken when taking it, especially for children. The elderly and the weak should take it under the guidance of a doctor, and control the dosage and time. People who are allergic to Huangbo should not take it. At the same time, do not take tonic medicines during the process of taking it.