Huanglian powder is the powder made by grinding the yellow dock into powder. Huanglian powder can be eaten directly, but it is generally recommended to be taken in soups, etc., and should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
Huanglian powder is obtained by taking clean Huanglian, grinding it into a fine powder and sieving it. Huanglian powder can be taken directly, but the generally recommended use is to add it to soups, pills, and powders.
Huanglian has the effects of diarrhea and detoxification, drying dampness and clearing heat. It is used for vomiting and acid swallowing (swallowing the acid in the stomach that rushes upward to the mouth and throat), diarrhea and dysentery, distention and fullness of dampness-heat, jaundice, excessive fire in the heart, restlessness and sleeplessness (the symptoms of restlessness and heat in the heart, insomnia), high fever and dizziness, palpitation and restlessness, thirst, toothache, redness in the eyes, epistaxis due to blood-heat (due to blood-heat causing vomiting of blood and nosebleed), carbuncle and swelling of furuncle; and externally for treating pus in ear canals, wet sores, and eczema.
Those with spleen deficiency and diarrhea, stomach deficiency and vomiting, and those with kidney diarrhea should take Huanglian with caution. It should be used by a doctor to identify the symptoms.
The medication should be taken under the guidance of a professional physician, and should not be taken on one’s own, so as not to cause any delay in the condition.