[[File:Phellodendron.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Phellodendron Amurense]]
Other Names : Amur Cork Bark, Amur Cork Tree, Amur Corktree, Arbre à Liège de l’Amour, Arbre au Liège de l’Amour, Arbre de Liège de Chine, Corktree, Cortex Phellodendri, Huang Bai, Huang Bo, Phellodendri Cortex, Phellodendron, Phellodendron amurense, Phellodendron de l’Amour.<br>
Phellodendron is a plant. The bark is used to make medicine. Be careful not to confuse phellodendron with the houseplant called philodendron. The names are similar but the plants are unrelated.<br>See also : [[Huang Bai]]
==Special Precautions of Phellodendron==
*Phellodendron appears to be safe in adults when used short-term. The safety of phellodendron use for more than 6 weeks is unknown. In one study, one person experienced heartburn, shaking hands, sexual dysfunction, and thyroid dysfunction. Another person experienced fatigue and headache. But it is not known if these side effects were caused by phellodendron or some other factor.
*Eye infections.
*Tuberculosis.
* Cancer : Researchers at UT Health Science Center stumbled upon the possibility of phellodendron as a pancreatic cancer treatment while researching the bark’s effect on prostate tumors. Researchers discovered that prostate and pancreatic tumors share similar pathways, and cork tree extract seems to block these pathways and suppress the scarring that keeps anti-cancer drugs from working. Excessive scarring around the tumor gland (known as fibrotic tissue) prevents cancer drugs from actually reaching the cancer, rendering treatment ineffective. There are no drugs that currently suppress these pathways, which not only cause scarring but also promote the release of Cox-2 that rages systemic inflammation throughout the body. Cork tree extract, not only blocks the pathways and prevents scarring, but it also suppresses this inflammation. Research, though preliminary, is promising. Liver and kidney tumors also succumb to scarring and the subsequent resistance to drugs, and researchers are hopeful that cork tree extract may show a similar effect on a variety of these cancer tumors.
==Used in Patent Medicine==
* [[Bi Yan Pian]]
* [[Zi Yin Jiang Huo Tang]]
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