Coptis Root
1.Other Name: Coptis chinensis Franch, Rhizoma Coptidis
2.Packing: bag

Coptis Root
1.Other Name: Coptis chinensis Franch, Rhizoma Coptidis
2.Packing: bag

Pinyin Name: Huang Lian

Literal Name: “yellow connection,” “yellow link”

Alternate Chinese Names: Chuan Lian, Ya Lian, Wei Lian, Ji Zhua Lian

Original Source: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Divine Husbandman’s Classic of the Materia Medica) in the second century

English Name: coptis, coptis root

Botanical Name: Coptis chinensis Franch. (Huang Lian); Coptis deltoidea C. Y. Cheng et Hsiao (San Jiao Ye Huang Lian); Coptis teetoides C. Y. Cheng. (Yun Lian); Coptis omeiensis (Chen) C. Y. Cheng (E Mei Ye Lian)

Pharmaceutical Name: Rhizoma Coptidis

Properties: bitter, cold

Channels Entered: Heart, Liver, Stomach,

Large Intestine

CHINESE THERAPEUTIC ACTIONS

1. Clears Heat and Dries Dampness

2. Sedates Fire

3. Clears Fire Toxin

DOSAGE

2 to 10 grams in decoction. The maximum dosage of Huang Lian is 15 grams.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

Berberine, coptisine, palmatine, jatrorrhizine, epiberberine, worenine, columbamine, magnoflorine.