Wei Ling Xian
| Wei Ling Xian in TCM:Explore the properties of Wei Ling Xian according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: clematis, Chinese clematis root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Clematidis
Properties: acrid, salty, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: UB
Flavors: salty, pungent
Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, disperses wind
Actions / Indications:
- Dispels Wind Damp; unblocks channels; alleviates pain
(wind damp bi, spasms of sinews, immobile joints, painful extremities)
- Softens and Dispel fish bones (small bones that are
superficially lodged in the throat)
- (cc: qi and blood deficiency)
Special Notes:
- Wei Ling Xian helps to dislodge fish bones by relaxing the throat
muscles - it does not actually dissolve bones.
- Mu Tong is also called clematis, but is
not the same as Wei Ling Xian.
- Compared to Hai feng teng wei ling xian
is stronger and faster. Hai feng teng
is milder and moves blood.
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