Ye Jiao Teng
Name: Polygonum Vine (夜交藤)
Pinyin: Ye Jiao Teng
Pharm. Name: Caulis Polygoni Multiflori
Properties:
|
Taste |
Organs |
Dosage |
|
Sweet, Slightly Bitter |
Heart, Liver |
9-30g |
Description:
The dry vine stem of the plant “Polygonum Multiflorum Thunb”. This herb has the combining the action of tonifying yin-blood. So, it is fit for treating insomnia due to restlessness of deficiency, unsteadiness of heart-mind, dream-disturbed sleep caused by a deficiency of yin-blood, and loss of nourishment. For aching pain of limbs due to blood deficiency and numbness of muscle and skin, it is often combined with blood-tonifying and blood-activating herbs and collateral-unblocking herbs. For itching rash of the skin, it is used singly for washing or combined with wind-dispelling and itching-relieving herbs.