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Sargentodoxa, Hong Teng

Hong Teng, Da Xue Teng (TCM)
Sargentodoxa Hong Teng (Adam, 2013)

Botanical name:
Sargentodoxa cuneata

Parts used:
Vine

Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/Slightly Cool. Bitter

Classification:
B. Clears Heat and Poison

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Abscesses, Boils, Carbuncles, Toxic Swellings
-Breast Abscess, Intestinal Abscess with swelling and pain
-Skin lesions

2. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Trauma, Bruising
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Acute Pelvic Inflammation
-Acute Appendicitis
-Muscles and Joint pain from Blood stasis

3. Settles Wind:
-Dizziness
-Wind-Damp Muscles and Joint pain

4. Kills Worms:
-Hookworm disease, Roundworm disease, Filariasis (Barefoot Doctors Manual)


DOSE:
Steeped in wine or made into a tincture to move the Blood.
Decoction: 9–15 grams

SUBSTITUTE:
This herb is used for Spatholobus Ji Xue Teng in some parts of China.

Main Combinations:
1. Abscess, Boils, Sargentodoxa with Lonicera Jin Yin Hua, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying), Violet (Zi Hua Di Ding)
2. Intestinal Abscess, Sargentodoxa with Rhubarb (Da Huang), Paeonia Mu Dan Pi, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying)
3. Pain from Trauma, Sargentodoxa with Dang Gui, Safflower (Hong Hua), Myrrh (Mo Yao)
4. Dysmenorrhea, Sargentodoxa with Dang Gui, Paeonia rubra Chi Shao Yao, Typha Pu Huang
5. Acute Pelvic Inflammation, Sargentodoxa with Patrinia Bai Jiang Cao, Lonicera Jin Yin Hua, Forsythia Lian Qiao, Paeonia Mu Dan Pi, Paeonia Chi Shao Yao, Peach kernel (Tao Ren). (Barefoot Doctors Manual)
6. Acute Apendicitis, Sargentodoxa with Rhubarb (Da Huang), Paeonia Mu Dan Pi, Peach kernel (Tao Ren), Benincasa Dong Gua Zi, Patrinia Bai Jiang Cao, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying)
7. Joint pain, Sargentodoxa with Spatholobus Ji Xue Teng
8. Dizziness from Wind and deficiency: Sargentodoxa with Jujubes (Da Zao), Salvia Dan Shen, Euphoria Long Yan Rou

Major Formulas:


Cautions:
Caution during Pregnancy.

Main Preparations used: