State/School

California License Exam, Pacific College Comps

Pharm Name

Clematidis Radix

Common Name

Chinese Clematis Root

Category

Dispel Wind-Dampness

Ingredients

Taste

Acrid, Salty

Pao Zhi

Temperature

Warm

Action / Indication

1. Dispels wind-dampness, unblocks the channels, and alleviates pain: especially useful for treating wind painful obstruction, as it both releases the exterior and promotes the movement of qi in the channels. It can be taken alone as a powder with warm wine for pain in the lower back and legs. 
2. Softens and transforms fish bones: for fish bones lodged in the throat. This herb is ineffective in the treatment of deeply lodged or relatively large bones. 
3. Also used for focal distention and accumulation in the middle burner because it reduces phlegm and pathogenic water.

Treatment Principles

Expels Wind-Dampness
Opens the Channels
Alleviates Pain
Softens Fish Bones
Resolves Dampness

Contraindication

Qi and blood deficiency.

Dosages

6-12g.

Meridians

UB

Tom's Comment

1. When softening fish bones, Wei Ling Xian is cooked with vinegar and drunken slowly

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