TCM: Listed under “Herbs that clear Heat”, included in “Herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness”, Phellodendron amurense /chinense stem bark (huang bai) enters the Kidney and Bladder channels. Bitter and cold, it clears Heat and removes Damp, directs Fire downwards and clears Damp-Heat in the Lower Burner, relieves steaming bone disorder, clears toxins to treat sores.
General: Treats dysentery due to Damp-Heat, jaundice, leukorrhea with yellow discharge,Heat stranguria, night swets, seminal emissions, febrile disease, pyogenic skin infection with local redness and swelling, eczema with itching.