🌾Vietnamese Traditional Medicine
Phellodendron (Hoang Bai)
Phellodendron amurense
About Phellodendron (Hoang Bai)
Phellodendron (Hoang Bai) (Phellodendron amurense) is a herb used in the Vietnamese Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Infection, UTI, Fever, and Skin Health. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, used both internally and topically.
Botanical background
Phellodendron amurense is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae, commonly called the Amur cork tree. It is a major source of huáng bò (Chinese: 黄柏 or 黄檗), one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. The Ainu people used this plant, called shikerebe-ni, as a painkiller.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · bothLeaves · both