Huanglian Wild Simulated Rhizoma Coptidis

It is dry rhizome of coptis chinensis franch, coptis deltoidea C. Y. cheng at hsiso, or coptis teeta wall, which is removed the fibrous roots and sediment after fall excavation, and dried.

Nature and Flavour and Channel entry: bitter in taste, cold in nature, toxic, entry the channel of heart, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder, and large intestine meridian.

Functions and Indications: clear heat and dry dampness, drain fire, detoxicate. Used mainly in the treatment of damp-heat diarrhea, vomiting, dysentery, jaundice, dizziness, heart fire hyperactivity, disquieted heart spirit, agrypnia, hot eyes, dentalgia, internal heat dispersion-thirst, eczema and ear pus.