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Corydalis conspera, Stong ri zil ba སྟོང་རི་ཟིལ་བ

Stong ri zil ba (Tibet)
Tiao Lie Huang Jin (TCM)
C. linarioides
Maximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii
per Asiam Centralem vol. 1, Flora Tangutica (1889)

Botanical name:
Corydalis spp.
There are several varieties used
  1. Stong ri zil pa: C. conspera
  2. Rgya stag zil pa: C. linarioides, C. nigroapiculata
  3. C. trachycarpa, C. dasyptera

Parts used:
Whole herb or tuber

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:
1. Clears Wind-Damp, Relieves Pain:
-Wind-Damp muscle or joint pain
-also Itchiness from Wind

2. Moves the Blood, Clear Stasis, Relieves Pain:
-Trauma, Bruising
-Pain of a stabbing, fixed nature


DOSE:


SUBSTITUTE:
1. Celandine (Chelidonium majus)

Main Combinations:


Major Formulas:


Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: