Huang Lian Capsules

Coptis Rhizome cools heat, drains fire (especially in the Heart and Stomach), dries dampness, resolves toxicity* - Bensky

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

• Clears heat and drains dampness: for damp-heat in the Stomach or Intestines with diarrhea or dysenteric disorder. Also for vomiting and/or acid regurgitation from Stomach heat.*
• Drains fire and resolves fire toxicity: for heat with blazing fire with such symptoms as high fever, irritability, disorientation, delirium,, red tongue, and a rapid and full pulse. Also for heat from excess with toxicity with such symptoms as painful red eyes and sore throat, and for boils carbuncles, and abscesses.*
• Clears heat and stops bleeding: for nosebleed, or blood in the urine, stool, or vomit due to chaotic movement of hot blood.*
• Clears heat topically: used topically for red and painful eyes and ulceration of the tongue and mouth.*