Taking Huang Lian Su is very effective for preventing traveler’s diarrhea and it can be taken for weeks at a time when traveling in the third-world. It can also help to prevent the burning diarrhea that comes from eating copious amounts of chili. Any traveling kit should contain Huang Lian Su. The dosage can be increased for serious diarrhea, food poisoning, or even dysentery (though antibiotics are often also indicated in true dysentery).
* Use for intestinal bacteria causing bacterial dysentery, diarrhea, food poisoning, gastroenteritis, abdominal distension; also acute and chronic appendicitis, tooth abscess, canker sores, strept throat, and sinus infection.
* It is commonly prescribed in China for acute diarrhea and bacterial dysentery, and may be used for a variety of intestinal pathogens including the vacteria Proteus, Citrobacter, E.Coli, the fungus Candida Albicans, and intestinal protozoa including giardia. Coptis Huang Lian is effective for various strep and staph infections causing tooth abscess, canker sore, strep throat, sinus infection, and skin boil.
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