Huang Bo (Bai) Granules (6:1)

Phellodendron Cortex directs fire downward, clears damp-heat in the lower burner. - bensky

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Drains damp-heat, particularly from the lower burner: for such problems as thick, yellow vaginal discharge, foul=smelling diarrhea, or dysenteric disorder. Also for damp-heat pouring downward or hot leg qi with such symptoms as red, swollen, and painful knees, legs, or feet. Also for damp-heat jaundice*
• Drains Kidney fire: for ascending Kidney fire with signs of yin deficiency such as steaming bone disorder, night sweats, afternoon fevers and sweating, sometimes accompained by nocturnal emissions and spermatorrhea*
• Drains fire and resolves fire toxicity: for fire toxin-generated sores and damp lesions of the skin*