Ji Xue Teng
Name: Spatholobus Vine ( 雞血藤)
Pinyin: Ji Xue Teng
Pharm. Name: Spatholobus Suberectus
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Bitter, Sweet, Slightly Sweet, Astringent |
Move blood and nourish blood, relax tendon and activate collateral. |
Heart |
9-20g |
Description:
This herb is neither dry nor drastic. It tends to move without breaking and tonify blood without stagnant. It is indicated for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea and unsmooth menstruating caused by blood stasis or deficiency through combinations especially for stasis with blood deficiency. It is respectively combined with blood-activating and blood tonics and menstruation-regulating herbs according to deficiency or excess syndromes. It can also both move and tonify blood accompanied by the actions of soothing tendon and activating collaterals. It is indicated for body numbness, weakness and pain of lower back and knees, paralysis resulted from blood deficiency failing to nourish tendon, and stasis blocking meridians and collaterals through combinations.