Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Ji Xiang Teng 鸡香藤

Pharmaceutical Latin: Caulis Paederiae
Common English: Chicken Dung Vine Root and Stem
Paederia

Category

Herbs that Release the Exterior: Warm, Acrid Herbs that Release the Exterior (Wind-Cold Diaphoretics)

Properties

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet Neutral
Slightly Warm 		Lung
Liver 		5-30g

Actions And Indications

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Wind-Cold

Body aches associated with Wind-Cold

Dispels Cold and Dampness

Wind-Cold-Damp Bi Syndrome with fixed pain which is worse with Cold

Clears Heat and eliminates toxins

Heat due to food Stagnation, dysentery, jaundice

Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning

Topically for neurodermatitis

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Rx. Saposhnikoviae
Fang Feng
Rx. Kadsurae Japonicae
Hong Gu She
Rz. Heliminthostachytis
Dao Di Wu Gong

Rx. et Fol. Viticis Quinatae
Wu Tian
Rx. Hibisci
Fu Rong

Rx. Moghaniae
Yi Tiao Gen
Rz. Dioscoreae Nipponicae
Chuan Shan Long
Rx. Angelicae Pubescentis
Du Huo

Wind-Cold induced joint pain and whole body aches

Cough with profuse sputum

Bi Syndrome

Sm. Phaseoli
Lu Dou

Organophosphorus pesticide poisoning (produces vomiting to detoxify)

Notes

  • It is the preferred herb for the aches that accompany the common cold.
  • It may be used by itself or together with other Wind-Cold diaphoretics.
  • According to one source, it disperses Phlegm.

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.