或作山漆山七
主治止血。散血。定痛。下血。妇人崩中。血晕。血痛。经水不止产后血多。恶血不下。
金疮跌打损伤。
按三七产滇黔山中。野生者良。亦有人种者。滇人以猪油或他物炒熟研末。作为补剂。
然治病须用生者。凡一切血。症。均可用之。
主治补胃杀肠胃菌。去火眼红痛。为各种痢疾必用要药。
黄连丸。黄连（微炒）人参赤石脂龙骨炙草黄芩浓朴（涂生姜汁炙令香熟）白茯苓枳壳
（麸
炒微黄）各五钱。乌梅肉（微炒）一分。研末。蜜丸麻子大。每服七丸。粥汤下。日三四次。
治小儿久痢。轻重无定。量大小加减。
又方。黄连缩砂仁（炒）川芎干姜（炮）阿胶（蛤粉炒）白术各一两。乳香（另研）三
钱。枳壳
（麸炒）五钱。研末。盐梅肉三个少入醋同杵。和丸梧子大。每服四十丸。白痢干姜汤下。
赤
痢甘草汤下。赤白痢干姜甘草汤下。食前温服。治妊娠赤白痢。
又方。黄连二两五钱。羚羊角（镑）黄柏各一两五钱。赤茯苓五钱。研末。蜜丸梧子大。
每服二十丸。姜汤下。治热痢。休息痢。日夜频仍。或下血如猪肝者。 又方黄连芜荑仁各
等分。研末。糯粟米相和煮稀粥为丸小绿豆大。空腹陈米汤下。每日三次。三岁七丸至十丸。
三岁以上十五丸至二十丸。治疳泻疳痢。黄连天花粉丸。黄连一两。天花粉黄芩栀子各四两。
菊花川芎薄荷各一两。连翘二两。黄柏六两。研末水丸梧子大。每服五十丸。渐加至一百丸。
食后临卧茶下。治眵多 。紧涩羞明。赤脉贯睛。脏腑秘结及风热诸病。
黄连消毒饮。黄连（酒制）黄芩黄柏（酒洗）人参独活防风 本甘草梢防己（酒洗）当
归尾（酒
制）苏木各五分。知母四分。羌活当归身（酒洗）连翘黄 生地。（酒洗）桔梗各一钱。泽
泻七
分。水三盏。煎至一半。去滓。加酒少许再煎。食后温服。治脑疽。百会疽背疽。及诸火症
肿疼痛。或麻木。
黄连解毒汤。黄连（酒洗炒）七钱五分。黄柏（酒洗炒）栀子（炒）各五钱。黄芩（酒
洗炒）一
两。锉碎。每服五钱。水一盏半。煎至一盏。去滓。不拘时温服。未愈再服。治一切内外邪
热之症。面赤口干。吐血衄血狂躁心烦。错语不眠。干呕。口渴口燥。热泄热痢。发斑暑痿。
妇人血崩。疗疮疡 痛斑毒。甚者加青黛一钱。调入汤服。大便实者加大黄。热盛谵语脉弦
数者。合小柴胡汤用。内外热甚舌燥烦渴脉洪数者。合化斑汤用。
又方。黄连防风黄芩荆芥穗知母石膏黄柏（酒炒）栀子仁大青玄参甘草木通桔梗等分水
煎
服。功用同上。
黄连膏。黄连二钱五分。细锉以瓦盆盛鸡子清入黄连末和匀。一时后见黄色绢滤过成膏。
频点目内。治时行血眼赤肿羞痛。
按此药治痢及癣疥疮肿。皆有特效。足证杀菌之力。
Alternatively known as Shanqi or Shanqi.
Its main indications are to stop bleeding, dissipate blood stasis, and alleviate pain. It is used for hematochezia (blood in stool), menorrhagia (abnormal uterine bleeding), syncope due to blood loss, blood-related pain, metrorrhagia (prolonged menstrual bleeding), excessive postpartum hemorrhage, and retention of lochia.
It is also indicated for metal weapon injuries, contusions, and traumatic injuries.
Note: Sanqi (Notoginseng Radix et Rhizoma) grows in the mountains of Yunnan and Guizhou; wild specimens are of superior quality, though cultivated ones are also available. People in Yunnan stir-fry it with lard or other substances until cooked, then grind it into powder to use as a tonic.
However, for treating diseases, raw Sanqi must be used. It can be applied to all types of bleeding conditions.
Its main functions are to tonify the stomach, kill gastrointestinal bacteria, and treat "fire eye" (redness and pain of the eyes). It is an essential herb for treating various types of dysentery.
Huanglian Wan (Coptis Pill): Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, lightly stir-fried) 5 qian, Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) 5 qian, Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubra) 5 qian, Longgu (Fossilia Ossis Mastodi) 5 qian, Zhigancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma preparata cum Melle) 5 qian, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) 5 qian, Houpo (Magnoliae Officinalis Cortex) 5 qian (coated with fresh ginger juice and stir-fried until fragrant), Baifuling (Poria) 5 qian, Zhiqiao (Aurantii Fructus preparatus cum Farina Tritici) 5 qian (bran-stir-fried until slightly yellow), Wumei Rou (Mume Fructus Carpus, lightly stir-fried) 1 fen. Grind all ingredients into fine powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Take seven pills per dose, washed down with congee soup, three to four times daily.
Used to treat chronic dysentery in children. The dosage varies according to the severity and the child's age/size.
Another prescription: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 1 liang, Suasharen (Amomi Fructus Rotundus, stir-fried) 1 liang, Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 1 liang, Ganjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Preparatum) 1 liang, Ejiao (Asini Corii Colla, stir-fried with donkey-hide gelatin powder) 1 liang, Baizhu (Atractylodis Macrocephalae Rhizoma) 1 liang, Xuxiang (Olibanum, separately ground) 3 qian, Zhiqiao (Aurantii Fructus preparatus cum Farina Tritici) 5 qian (bran-stir-fried). Grind into powder. Take three salted plum carps, add a little vinegar, pound together, and mix with the powder to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take forty pills per dose. For white dysentery, take with Ganjiang Tang (Dried Ginger Decoction); for red dysentery, take with Gancao Tang (Licorice Decoction); for mixed red and white dysentery, take with Ganjiang Gancao Tang (Dried Ginger and Licorice Decoction). Take warm before meals. Used to treat red and white dysentery during pregnancy.
Another prescription: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 2 liang 5 qian, Lingyangjiao (Saigae Tataricae Cornu, shaved) 1 liang 5 qian, Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) 1 liang 5 qian, Chifuling (Poria with Red Heart) 5 qian. Grind into powder, mix with honey to form pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take twenty pills per dose, washed down with ginger soup. Used to treat heat dysentery and intermittent dysentery (dysentery that comes and goes), occurring frequently day and night, or passing blood resembling pig liver.
Another prescription: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) and Wuyiren (Alpiniae Oxyphyllae Fructus) in equal parts. Grind into powder. Mix with glutinous millet porridge to form pills the size of small mung beans. Take on an empty stomach with aged rice soup, three times daily. For children aged three, take seven to ten pills; for those over three years old, take fifteen to twenty pills. Used to treat gan diarrhea and gan dysentery (dysentery/diarrhea associated with pediatric malnutrition).
Huanglian Tianhuafen Wan (Coptis and Trichosanthes Root Pill): Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 1 liang, Tianhuafen (Trichosanthis Radix) 4 liang, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) 4 liang, Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus) 4 liang, Juhua (Chrysanthemi Flos) 1 liang, Chuanxiong (Ligustici Chuanxiong Rhizoma) 1 liang, Bohe (Menthae Haplocalycis Herba) 1 liang, Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus) 2 liang, Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex) 6 liang. Grind into powder, make water-habit pills the size of Sophora seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, gradually increasing to one hundred pills. Take after meals and before bed, washed down with tea. Used to treat excessive eye discharge, tightness and astringency of the eyes, photophobia, red vessels traversing the eyeball, constipation of the internal organs, and various wind-heat disorders.
Huanglian Xiaodu Yin (Coptis Detoxification Decoction): Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, wine-processed) 5 fen, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix) 5 fen, Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, wine-rinsed) 5 fen, Renshen (Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma) 5 fen, Duhuo (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix) 5 fen, Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix) 5 fen, Bencao (Ligustici Wallichii Rhizoma et Radix) 5 fen, Gancaoshao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, tip part) 5 fen, Fangji (Stephaniae Tetrandrae Radix, wine-rinsed) 5 fen, Dangguiwei (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, tail part, wine-processed) 5 fen, Sumu (Sappan Lignum) 5 fen, Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma) 4 fen, Qianghuo (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix) 1 qian, Dangguishen (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, body part, wine-rinsed) 1 qian, Lianqiao (Forsythiae Fructus) 1 qian, Huangqi (Astragali Membranacei Radix) 1 qian, Shengdihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Recens, wine-rinsed) 1 qian, Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) 1 qian, Zexie (Alismatis Rhizoma) 7 fen. Add three cups of water, decoct until half remains, strain, add a little wine, and decoct again. Take warm after meals. Used to treat brain carbuncle, Baihui carbuncle, back carbuncle, and swelling/pain from various fire syndromes, or numbness.
Huanglian Jiedu Tang (Coptis Detoxification Decoction): Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma, wine-rinsed and stir-fried) 7 qian 5 fen, Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, wine-rinsed and stir-fried) 5 qian, Zhizi (Gardeniae Fructus, stir-fried) 5 qian, Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix, wine-rinsed and stir-fried) 1 liang. Coarsely crush. Take 5 qian per dose, add one and a half cups of water, decoct to one cup, strain, and take warm at any time. If not cured, take again. Used to treat all symptoms caused by external and internal pathogenic heat, such as red face, dry mouth, hematemesis (vomiting blood), epistaxis (nosebleed), mania, restlessness, delirium, insomnia, dry retching, thirst, dry mouth, heat diarrhea, heat dysentery, macules, summerheat flaccidity, menorrhagia, furuncles, carbuncles, sores, and toxic rashes. For severe cases, add Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) 1 qian, mix into the decoction. For solid stools, add Dahuang (Rhei Radix et Rhizoma). For intense heat with delirium and wiry-rapid pulse, combine with Xiao Chaihu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction). For intense internal and external heat with dry tongue, irritability, thirst, and flooding-rapid pulse, combine with Huaban Tang (Macule-Dissolving Decoction).
Another prescription: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), Fangfeng (Saposhnikoviae Radix), Huangqin (Scutellariae Radix), Jingjie Sui (Schizonepetae Spica), Zhimu (Anemarrhenae Rhizoma), Shigao (Gypsum Fibrosum), Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex, wine-stir-fried), Zhizi Ren (Gardeniae Fructus Seed), Daqingye (Isatidis Folium), Xuanshen (Scrophulariae Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma), Mutong (Akebiae Caulis), Jiegeng (Platycodonis Radix) in equal parts. Decoct in water and take. Functions are the same as above.
Huanglian Gao (Coptis Ointment): Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma) 2 qian 5 fen, finely crushed. Place in a clay pot, add egg white, mix evenly with Huanglian powder. After one hour, when it turns yellow, filter through silk gauze to form an ointment. Apply frequently inside the eyes. Used to treat epidemic blood eye (epidemic conjunctivitis), redness, swelling, photophobia, and pain.
Note: This herb has specific effects in treating dysentery, tinea, scabies, sores, and swellings, which sufficiently proves its bactericidal power.