Botanical Index No. 38

Amur Corktree

phellodendron amurense

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Antibacterial, Antidote, Antioxidant, Antihelicobacter, Antiinflammatory, Antiseptic, Antiulcer, Antiviral, Candidicide, Cardiodepressant, Choleretic, Diuretic, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hypocholesterolemic, Hypoglycemic, Hypotensive, Immunosuppressant, Insecticide, Myorelaxant, Stomachic, Tonic, Trypanoside, Uterotonic

Primary Conditions Treated

daylily Aphrodisiac Bitter Vasoconstrictor Acne Alzheimer’s Arthrosis Bacteria Bleeding Boil Bruise Cancer colon Candida Canker Cataract Cholecystosis Cholera Cold Conjunctivosis Cystosis Dermatosis Diabetes Diarrhea Diphtheria Dysentery Dysmenorrhea Dysuria Eczema Enterosis Epistaxis Favus Fever Fungus Gastrosis Gonorrhea Helicobacter Hemorrhoid Hepatosis High Blood Pressure High Cholesterol Hot Flash Hyperglycemia Impotence Infection Inflammation Itch Jaundice Leukorrhea Liver spot Melena Meningosis Menopause Mycosis Nephrosis Night Sweats Osteosis Pain Paralysis Pemphigo Pneumonia Rheumatism Senility Sore Spermatorrhea Staphylococcus Stomatosis Swelling Tinnitus Trachoma Trichomoniasis Typhoid Typhus Ulcer Urethrosis Vaginosis Virus Water Retention Wound Yeast

General Dosage

3–10 g powdered bark/day; 1–3 g bark/day; 1–3 g 4:1 dry decoction.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 2b. Not covered. One case of rash associated with ingestion. Good and bad effects of berberine may accrue to this species. Contains up to 25,000 ppm berberine, P. chinese, up to 80,000.

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