Song Jie松节
Lignum Pini NodiKnotty Pine Wood
- Category
- Herbs that dispel Wind-Dampness
- Nature
- warm
- Taste
- bitter
- Channels entered
- Liver
- Secondary channels
- Kidney, Heart, Lung
- Dosage
- 9–16 g
Usual doses
- Dosage
- 9–16 g
- Tincture
- 2–4 ml
Actions & indications
- Dispels Wind, dries Dampness and stops pain
- Wind-Damp Bi with joint pain and soreness (primarily when Dampness or Cold predominate)
- Wind-Cold Bi
- Traumatic injury
- Strengthens tendons and muscles and opens the channels
- Wei Syndrome
Contraindications
- Contraindicated in those with Yin or Blood Deficiency.
- Contraindicated in those with Blood Dryness.
Combinations
- Hai Feng Teng
- (Qiang Huo)
- Du Huo
- Sang Zhi
Bi from Wind-Dampness.
Bi syndrome.
Pain from trauma.
Notes
- It suits Wind-Dampness lodged between the sinews and bones.
- One source notes that its unctuous nature makes it useful for stopping cough, treating bronchitis, and acting as a stomachic.
- For internal use it can be soaked in wine or decocted, and for topical use it can be wine-prepared.
- Song Jie and Ram. Mori Sang Zhi both dispel Wind-Dampness and are commonly used for Wind-Damp Painful Obstruction of the sinews, bones and joints. Sang Zhi, being neutral, suits either Cold or Heat Bi, while Song Jie, warm and drying, suits Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
- Pine Kernel, Song Zi, is nutritious and consumed as a food.
- Fol. Pini, Song Ye, the leaf of the same plant, is bitter and warm; it dispels Wind, dries Dampness, kills parasites, and stops itching, at a dosage of 6 to 15g.
- Fr. Pini, Song Guo, the fruit or pine cone, is bitter and warm; it dispels Wind, dries Dampness, moistens the Intestines, and relieves pain, with a dosage of 6 to 10g.