☯ TCM Properties
Relaxes the tendons and bones, dredges the meridians, expels Wind and invigorates the Blood
Traditional Chinese Uses
Zuan Di Feng ("earth-piercing wind") is here identified with Schizophragma integrifolium, the root-bark and stem (Cortex/Caulis Schizophragmae) being used among the wind-damp-dispelling medicinals. Bland in taste and cool in nature, entering the Spleen channel, it is said to relax the sinews and bones, dredge and free the channels and network vessels, expel Wind-Dampness and invigorate the Blood. It is applied to wind-damp painful obstruction (bi) syndromes with aching, stiff and contracted joints, lumbar and leg pain, numbness and impaired movement, and traumatic injury.
It is typically decocted or, more commonly, extracted in wine as a medicinal liquor, and appears in modern proprietary bone-and-sinew formulas alongside herbs such as Du Zhong and Niu Xi to strengthen the lower back and legs.
Botanical Description
Zuan Di Feng ("earth-piercing wind") is a regional folk-medicine name that cannot be reliably matched to a single botanical species in the principal modern Chinese Materia Medica references consulted. Similar "wind" (feng) names are characteristically applied to rhizomatous wind-damp herbs in various provinces, but no authoritative source assigns this name to a single binomial. Without verified identification, no responsible morphology, parts used or therapeutic actions can be given. The entry is therefore treated as botanically uncertain.
Dosage
| Form | Amount | Frequency | Duration | Population | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| decoction | 9-15g | Daily | — | — | — |
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