Qing Feng Teng青风藤
Caulis SinomeniiSinomenium
- Category
- Herbs that dispel Wind-Dampness
- Nature
- neutral
- Taste
- bitter, pungent
- Channels entered
- Liver, Spleen
- Dosage
- 6–12 g
Actions & indications
- Dispels Wind-Damp *Bi, unblocks the channels and collaterals and relieves pain*
- Wind-Damp Bi
- Numbness, itching, trauma and swollen sores
- Facilitates urination
- Swelling and pain from leg Qi
- Edema, scanty urination, Damp swellings
Contraindications
- Use with caution, as it may cause rashes and gastric upset.
- Overdose may present with dyspnea, sweating, low blood pressure, tachycardia, and possibly respiratory or circulatory failure.
Notes
- It can be used by itself, as a decoction or tincture, for the swelling and pain of leg Qi.
- For bone spurs, it is soaked in alcohol to make a medicinal liquor, which can also be applied topically for swollen sores and Bi pain.
- Taken as a tea or used as a soaking bath, it treats back pain, sore tendons and muscles, infantile paralysis, and hemiplegia.
- Qing Feng Teng and Cx. Erythinae Hai Tong Pi both expel Wind and eliminate Dampness, treating Wind-Dampness whether it presents as joint pain, sinew contraction, or restricted limb movement. Hai Tong Pi, being more cooling, excels at eliminating Dampness and so suits hot, painful Bi or Damp-Heat in the lower body causing burning pain in the low back or legs; it can also be applied topically for itchy Damp rashes, scabies, and toothache. Qing Feng Teng, by contrast, is neutral, relieves Bi pain, and promotes urination, making it useful for edema, scanty urine, and Damp swelling from leg Qi.
- In Japan, it is used in place of Rx. Stephaniae Tetrandrae Han Fang Ji.