Huang Bai
Phillodendri Cortex
bitter, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Clear Heat and Dry Dampness
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Dysfunction of the lower jiao
- Thick yellow vaginal discharge
- Smelly diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Nocturnal emissions
- Spermatorrhea
- Jaundice
- Leg pain
- Swollen leg, knees, or feet
- Skin lesions
- Sores
Huang Bai bitter to drain and detoxify and cold to treat patterns involving heat. It enters the kidney and bladder systems. Its effect is primarily on the lower jiao treating damp-heat patterns of the intestines. It also treats gynecological issues involving damp-heat.
Huang Bai treats jaundice when its origin is damp-heat.
Channels: kidney, bladder
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Urogenital disorders
- Vaginitis
- Yeast infections
- Urinary tract infections
- Antimicrobial
- Lower limb edema
- Arthritis
- Intestinal disorders
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- IBS
- Crohn’s
- Ulcerative colitis
- Thirst
- Abscesses
- Eczema
Formulas:
- Bai Tou Weng Tang
- Bao Yin Jian
- Bu Shen Yi Gan Tang
- Da Bu Yin Wan
- Dang Gui Liu Huang Tang
- Dang Gui Long Hui Wan
- Er Miao San
- Er Xian Tang
- Gu Jing Wan
- Hu Qian Wan
- Huang Lian Jie Du Tang
- Lian Mei An Hui Tang
- Mie Di Zhi Yang Tang
- Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan
- Si Miao Wan
- Wu Mei Wan
- Yi Huang Tang
- Zhi Bai Di Huang Wan
- Zhi Zi Bai Pi Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Huang Bai to patients that present with deficiency cold patterns
Zoo Image: a cat with a red painful dripping leg and a tail with yellow discharge is holding a T rat by a kidney pain fire