What benefits does Rhizoma Coptidis have to the body?

Clearing away heat and dampness, purging fire and detoxifying. Can be used for treating fullness due to damp heat, vomiting, acid swallowing, diarrhea, jaundice, high fever and dizziness, hyperactivity of heart fire, insomnia, vomiting due to blood heat, toothache with red eyes, thirst quenching, carbuncle and furuncle; Externally used to treat eczema, wet sores and pus in ear canal. Wine coptis is better than clearing fire. It is used for treating aphtha with red eyes. Turmeric even clears the stomach and stops vomiting. For cold and heat, damp-heat obstruction, fullness and vomiting. Yuhuanglian soothes the liver and stomach to stop vomiting. Used for disharmony between liver and stomach, vomiting and acid swallowing.

Bitter and cold in nature. Heart, spleen, stomach, liver, gallbladder and large intestine meridian.

App application

1. Used for damp-heat accumulation, gastrointestinal damp-heat, vomiting, diarrhea and other symptoms. Combined with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, it can treat damp-heat syndrome. For damp-heat accumulating in the stomach, it is often used with Banxia and Zhuru. Mixing with Radix Aucklandiae, Scutellariae Radix, Radix Puerariae, etc. To treat diarrhea.

2. Used for fever, high fever, thirst, irritability, blood-heat rash and toxic ulcer. It is used for fever with high fever and excessive heart fire, and is compatible with Gardenia and Forsythia suspensa. For blood-heat rash, it can be combined with Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi and rhubarb. Heat-toxic ulcer can be combined with herbs such as Paeonia Rubra and Cortex Moutan. In addition, Coptis chinensis can also be used to relieve the syndrome of excessive stomach fire, and it can be used with Trichosanthes root, Anemarrhena rhizome and Radix Rehmanniae. Applying it to the mouth can treat ulcers in the mouth and tongue.

Usage and dosage: decocted, 2 ~ 5g. Appropriate amount for external use.

Note: this product is bitter and cold, and it is easy to hurt the spleen and stomach after long-term use. It is forbidden for people with spleen and stomach deficiency and cold. Bitter dryness hurts the body fluid, and people with yin deficiency and body fluid deficiency should use it with caution.