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title: "Liu Huang"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/532/liu-huang"
---

 ![liu huang, sulphur.jpg](/u/liu-huang-sulphur-q5Orzy.jpg) 

# Liu Huang

### Sulphur

_sour, toxic, hot_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Topical Application**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Scabies
- Tinea
- Sores
- Ulcers
- Abscesses
- Low back pain
- Knee pain
- Asthma
- Constipation
- Diarrhea

Liu Huang is sour, hot, and toxic. Its sour and hot properties treat
conditions where there is yang deficiency patterns such as low
back and knee pain. It enters the large intestine, pericardium, and
kidney systems to treat disorders of the gastrointestinal tract.

**Channels:** kidney, large intestine, pericardium

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Boils
- Diarrhea
- Asthma
- Low back pain
- Erectile dysfunction
- Frequent urination

**Contraindications:** Liu Huang is primarily for external use
and should be prescribed with caution if given to a patient orally,
it should not be prescribed to pregnant patients, due to its hot
characteristic it should not be prescribed to patients with
deficiency heat patterns

**Zoo Image:** a monkey holding parasites in its tail is using a T to scratch his
sores, he has a gate of vitality on his low back

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