The main component of Coptis chinensis is berberine, and other alkaloids include coptisine and jatrorrhizine.

Pharmacology: It has the function of resisting pathogenic microorganisms, and its antibacterial components are berberine, alkaloids and jatrorrhizine. In vitro, berberine can inhibit most gram-negative bacteria such as Shigella multiforme, typhoid, paratyphoid, Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Coptis chinensis has certain antiviral effect.

Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antiarrhythmic and antihypertensive effects

Traditional function: 1. Clearing away heat and toxic materials: used for typhoid fever, bacillary dysentery, tuberculosis, heat upset, whooping cough, eczema, carbuncle, sore and aphtha.

2. Stop bleeding and kill insects: used for vomiting blood, nosebleeds, bleeding, malnutrition, ascariasis and fiber diseases.

Administration and dosage: decocted,1.5-3g; I still took the pills and dispersed them. External use: grinding, dressing, decocting, washing or soaking in juice.