Huang Bai

{| 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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