page_title: Huáng bǎi
hierarchical_section_title: Huáng bǎi
caption_attribution_description: English: A cut from an Amur Corktree that made me think of celestial flames.
context_page_description: Huáng bǎi, huáng bó or huáng bò is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine. Known also as Cortex Phellodendri, it is the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: Phellodendron amurense or Phellodendron chinense.
context_section_description: Huáng bǎi (黃栢 or 黃栢, literally "yellow fir"), huáng bó (黃柏) or huáng bò (黃檗) is one of the fifty fundamental herbs of traditional Chinese medicine.  Known also as Cortex Phellodendri, it is the bark of one of two species of Phellodendron tree: Phellodendron amurense or Phellodendron chinense.
caption: Phellodendron amurense cross-section.  For a younger specimen see [1]
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