clear heat • dry damp-heat huáng lián is used for patterns with middle jiao damp-heat, liver-fire, heart-fire, stomach-fire, blood-heat, water and fire not harmonized. symptoms indicating the use of huáng lián diarrhea or dysenteric disorder, enteritis and vaginal infection, cholera, acute gastroenteritis, typhoid fever, staphylococcus, vomiting and/or acid regurgitation, irritability, disorientation, delirium, red eyes, otitis…