Bai Fen Teng (Radix Cissi repentis)
白粉藤: the root is used to remove heat, relieve swelling and pain; for the treatment of sore throat and furuncles.
Name
Bai Fen Teng (Radix Cissi repentis)
Sources
The drug is the dried root or entire herb of Cissus repens Lam. (family Vitaceae), growing in scrubs along creek, and distributed in Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan of China.
The Effect of 白粉藤
Property
Sweet, bitter, cool; heart and kidney meridians entered.
Actions
The root is used to remove heat, relieve swelling and pain; for the treatment of sore throat and furuncles.
The aerial part is used as resolutive; for the treatment of scrofula cause by phlegm-fire, edema, dysentery, and externally for snake bites.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 10~15g, or made into pills and powder. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.
Contraindication
It is contraindicated to pregnant women.
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