Huanglian Shangqing Wan

Huanglian Shangqing Wan is a blackish-brown pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "remove heat, ease constipation, dispel wind and relieve pain". It is aromatic, and it tastes bitter. It is used where there is "Wind-heat in the upper part of the body, vertigo and head distension, painful and swollen gums, sores in the mouth or tongue, swollen throat, ear-ache, tinnitus, congestive conjunctivitis, constipation, or dark urine". The binding agent is honey. Each pill weighs about 6 grams.