Wei Ling Xian
Name: Chinese Clematidis (威靈仙)
Pinyin: Wei Ling Xian
Pharm. Name: Radix Clematidis
Properties:
|
Taste |
Characteristics |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Acrid, Salty |
Dispel wind-damp, unblock collaterals and alleviate pain. |
Urinary Bladder |
3-16g 15-30g (Fish Bones stuck in the Throat) |
Description:
Being pungent and warm with the actions of dispersing and smoothing, it can both dispel wind-damp and unblock collaterals to alleviate pain. It is indicated for arthralgia syndrome due to wind-damp, numbness of the limbs, spasm of the tendons and vessels, and difficulty of flexing and extending wherever the diseased region is, especially in treating spasm and dragging pain predominantly due to pathogenic wind. It is often combined with other wind-damp-dispelling herbs such as Du Huo, Qiang Huo, and Mu Gua, etc.