Huang Bai

Huáng bǎi (黃栢 ''or'' 黃柏, literally "yellow cypress"), huáng bó (黃柏) or huáng bò (黃檗) is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine. Known also as Cortex Phellodendri, it is the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: ''Phellodendron amurense'' or ''Phellodendron chinense''.

{| align="right" width="280" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" style="margin: 0 0 0 0.5em; background: #FFFFFF; border-collapse: collapse" |+ Huáng bǎi ! align="center" colspan="2"| |- | align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|Alternate names: huáng bò, yuán bò |- style="border-top: 3px solid gray" ! bgcolor=lightgreen colspan=2|Source |- | colspan=2| Tree bark of the Rutaceae plants ''Phellodendron chinense'' Schneid. or ''Phellodendron amurense'' |- ! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen colspan=2| Medicinal activity |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Taste |bitter, cold |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Tropism |kidney, urinary bladder, large intestine |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Efficacy |clears and dries damp heat? (清热燥湿), flushes away fire and removes steam? (泻火除蒸), binds up poison and cures sores? (解毒疗疮) |- ! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen colspan=2| Uses |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Indications |Moist heat (下焦湿热症状) |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Internal use |Pills or powder |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| External use |As suitable |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Recommendations | |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Counterindications | Spleen weakness |- ! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen colspan=2| Manufacture |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Harvesting |Tree bark collected March to May |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Storage |Dry and ventilated place |- | bgcolor="#bbddbb"| Processing |Salt, alcohol, charcoal? methods |- ! align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen colspan=2|Chinese medicine chemical ingredient |- | colspan=2|berberine

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