Wei Ling Xian - Chinese Clematis Root and Rhizome【New Wt: 100g】

NPN 80095928

【Macroscopic Features】
Rhizome is cylindrical, pale brownish-yellow; apex has remnants of stem base, relatively pliable texture, fractured surface is fibrous; lower side has numerous thin root, root is thin and long cylindrical, slightly curved, externally black-brown, with thin wrinkles, some cortex has fallen off, a yellowish-white body portion is revealed; hard and brittle texture, easily broken, fractured surface has relatively wide cortex, xylem is pale yellow, slightly square, there often is a crack between the cortex and xylem. faint odor, tasteless.

【Properties】Acrid, salty, warm.

【Channels (meridians) entered】bladder.

【Functions】
Dispels wind-damp, frees channels. Apply to wind-damp impediment, limb numbness, contracture of tendons and vessels, hypertonicity of the sinews and impaired extension of the joints.