Wood butterfly bark

Wood butterfly bark

(Handbook of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine of Guangzhou Army)

[synonyms] Cortex Phellodendri, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Radix et Rhizoma Lingnan.

[source] the bark of woodbutterfly, a Bignoniaceae plant, is described in "woodbutterfly".

[collection] in autumn and winter.

[nature and taste] Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter and sweet, cool. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat and dampness, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of infectious hepatitis, cystitis, sore throat, eczema, carbuncle ulcers.

① "It can be used on behalf of Phellodendron amurense" in the medical records of Nanning city. "

② "Treatment of stomach heat" in Guangxi Traditional Chinese medicine annals. "

③ Guangzhou army's "manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine": "treat infectious hepatitis, reduce jaundice. "

④ Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing heat and cooling blood. "

[usage and dosage] oral: decoction, 3-5 yuan. External use: tamping or frying.

[selection] ① for hepatitis and cystitis: the bark of wood butterfly costs five to one or two yuan. Take it in water. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)

② Treatment of sore throat: thousand pieces of paper bark. Take it in water. (Lingnan herbal medicine)

③ Treatment of carbuncle ulcers, eczema: Wood butterfly bark mash external application, or fried water to wash the affected area. (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine)