Wind-Damp-Dispelling and Tendons-Bone-Strengthening Herbs
Sang Ji Sheng (Chinese Taxillus Twig)
Naming
Sang Ji Sheng (Herba Taxilli)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)
The Processing of Herba Taxilli
Origin
The foliferous stem and branch ofTaxillus chinensis ( DC.) Danser. of family Loranthaceae.
Location
Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan provinces, etc.
Harvest
Collected from winter to the following spring.
The actual smell and taste
Asrringent taste without smell.
Best quality
Brownish peel, even branch, leafiness, with trunk bark of mulberry tree.
Processing
Cut into segments, dried, cut into thick pieces and unprocessed.
The Effect of Herba Taxilli
Property
Pungent, bitter, sweet, mild; liver and kidney meridians entered.
Actions
Dispel wind-damp, tonify liver and kidney, strengthen tendons and bones, prevent miscarriage.
Indications
A. Arthralgia syndrome due to wind-damp
It can dispel wind-damp, and excels in tonifying liver and kidney, strengthening tendons and bones. It is suitable for treating chronic arthralgia syndrome, damaged liver and kidney which is characterized by soreness and weakness of waist and knees, weakness of tendons and bones; it is often combined with liver-kidney tonics, qi-replenishing and blood-nourishing herbs, for instance, Du Zhong, Ren Shen and Dang Gui, as in Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang from Qian Jin Fang.
B. Deficiency of liver and kidney, threatened abortion
It can tonify liver and kidney, strengthen thoroughfare and conception vessel, and prevent abortion. For deficiency of liver and kidney and insecurity of thoroughfare and conception vessel manifested by profuse menstruation, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, bleeding in pregnancy and threatened abortion, it is usually combined with liver-kidney tonics, blood-nourishing and abortion-preventing herbs so as to reinforce the effects of arresting metrorrhagia and stopping bleeding, and preventing abortion, for example, E Jiao, Xu Duan and Tu Si Zi, as in Shou Tai Wan from Yi Xue Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu.In addition, it is used in treating coronary heart disease and hypertension at present.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15g.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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