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

Stong ri zil ba (Tibet)
Tiao Lie Huang Jin (TCM)

C. boweri
Hooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1837-1922)

C. linarioides
Maximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii
per Asiam Centralem vol. 1, Flora Tangutica (1889)

Botanical name:

Corydalis calliantha, C. cashmeriana (primary species)
Other reported sources include Corydalis conspersa, C. bowerii, C. sikkimensis, C. linarioides.
See also Corydalis meifolia, Stong zil

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:

Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:

1. Celandine (Chelidonium majus) (Listed in Russian texts, possibly a local substitute)
2. Corydalis meifolia (Stong zil) is used very similarly
3. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo

Main Combinations:

Cautions:

None noted

Main Preparations used:

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