Herb

Picrorhiza (Hu huang lian)

胡黄连hu huang lian
1 sourceRhizoma Picrorhizae

Clears deficiency-heat and bone-steaming fever, dries damp-heat to relieve dysentery, and dispels childhood gan-accumulation heat.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·主治（苏恭）

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：补肝胆，明目，治骨蒸劳热三消，五心烦热，妇人胎蒸虚惊，冷热泄痢，五痔，厚肠胃，益颜色（苏恭）；治久痢成疳，小儿惊痫寒热不下食，霍乱下痢，伤寒咳嗽温疟，理腰肾，去阴汗（《开宝》）；去果子积（震亨）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 苦，平，无毒（苏恭谓大寒）。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连（宋《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·主治（苏恭）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·主治（《开宝》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·主治（震亨）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·气味（畏恶忌）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十三·草部·山草类下·胡黄连·气味（忌猪肉）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.