Wind-Damp-Dispelling, tendons-Soothing and Collaterals-Activating Herbs
Qing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)
Name
Qing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)
Sources
The drug is the dried stem rattan of the Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.)Rehd.et Wils.(family Menisperrnaceae), growing at wet places in woods and shrubs of hill area, distributed in Shaanxi, Henan,Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan of China.
Constituents
It contains sinomenine, sinoacutine, disinomenine, ethylsinomenine, sinactine, acutumine, acutumidine, tuduranine, magnoflorine, and a small amount of stepherine, michelalbine, dl syringaresinol, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol.
The Effect of 青风藤
Property
Bitter, pungent, neutral; liver and spleen meridians entered.
Actions
Dispel wind-damp, promote diuresis.
Indications
Edema, dermatophytosis, rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculous arthritis.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15 g, lage dose can be 30~60g, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.
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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