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wei ling xian 威靈仙 (in English and Chinese 中英文)

Translated by: Joe Hing kwok Chu 朱興國譯成英文

Today's Applications:

1. for treating acute hepatitis with jaundice

Case 1: wei ling xian 9 g make into fine powder, 1 chicken egg, mixed. Make scrambled egg. Take 3 times a day for 3 consecutive days. Avoid beef, pork and sour or spicy food. Result: 15 patients. Healed: 14 patients.^[1]

Case 2: wei ling xian 15 g, gan cao 15 g. Make into decoction. Take one dose prescription a day. Result: 35 patients. Healed: 22 patients, Effective: 7 patients. Better: 5 patients. ^[2]

2. for treating calculus in the urinary tract

(therapy method to be loaded)

3. for treating calculus in the gall bladder

wei ling xian 30 to 60 g. Make into 2 decoctions. Result: 120 patients. Total effectiveness: 87%.

It was especially effective for the mud- and sand-like kind of calculus. Among the 120 patients, 26 were with mud- and sand- like kind of calculus, and 23 were clinically healed and 3 were better. The rate of being healed was 88.5% and total effectiveness was 100%. ^[4]

4. for treating tonsillitis

(therapy method to be loaded)

5. for treating bones lodged in the throat

wei ling xian 30 g, can be used with or add the following herb bai zhi 3 g, wu mei 5 g, gan cao 4 g. Make into thick decoction. Can be used with table vinegar. Swallow slowly, for half hour to one hour. One or two prescription a day.

Result: 104 patients. Got rid of fish bone: 90 patients. Effectiveness: 87.6%.^[6]

治膽囊結石

威靈仙 30 ~ 60 克。水煎分二次服。每天一劑。

效果﹕120 病例。總有效率﹕87%。

此方對泥沙樣膽結石尤其有效。120病例﹐ 26 例為泥沙樣結石﹔ 23例痊癒﹔3例較好。治癒率為88.5%。總有效率為100%。

治尿路結石

威靈仙60～90g，金錢草 50～60g。每日1劑，煎服。（《上海中醫藥雜志》1983；（5）：30）

治療骨鯁

威靈仙 30 克。或加白芷 3 克，烏梅 5克，甘草 4 克。

製成濃煎劑。或與醋同用。用半小時至一小時慢慢飲下。每日一二剤。

結果：治骨鯁喉104例。服藥後骨鯁消除90例。有效率為87.6%。

如服藥四劑無效，應結合異物種類、梗阻部位，考慮採用手術取出，以免貽誤病情。(中華本草)

註：白芷，烏梅，甘草之用量是編者個人之意見。應随証加减。

6. for treating the inflammation of the mammary glands

(therapy method to be loaded)

7. for treating the inflammation of the glands of children

(therapy method to be loaded)

8. for treating bone spurs

wei ling xian 30 g, ku shen 10 g, chuan shan jia 10 g, xiang fu zi 10 g, tou gu cao 10 g. One prescription a day. Boil with water and make into 2 servings. Add water to the residue and boil down to 800 c.c. and use it for steaming, washing or soaking for 30 minutes. Or use the above prescription to make into powder. Take 10 to 20 g a day and soak the powder in boiling water. Make into 2 servings. A period of 10 days is one treatment cycle. Rest for 5 days between treatment periods. Treat for 1 to 4 periods.

Total 369 cases of bones spurs were treated. Result: 128 healed; 112 became better; 7 cases had no effect. Total effectiveness 98.1%.^[9]

威靈仙 30 克﹐苦參 10 克﹐穿山甲 10 克﹐香附子10克﹐ 透骨草10 克。

水煎。分二次服。藥渣加水再煎。洗患處。每日30 分鐘。

也可以製成粉劑。每日用10~20 克。泡入沸水內。作二次服。十日為一療程。

休息五日。1~5 療程。

療效﹕369 病例。128 例痊癒。112有進步。7 例無效。總有效率為98.1%。

蒲秀山，中國骨傷，1992，5 (6) 32

9. for treating hemorrhoids

wei ling xian 60 g, fang feng 60 g. Make into decoction for washing affected part.

Editor's Note: Do not overdose or use for long time

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名：

Radix Clematidis

Biological name:

拉丁學名：

Clematis chinensis Osbeck (威靈仙)

Clematis terniflora DC. var. mandshurica (Rupr.) Ohwi (東北鐵線蓮)

Clematis hexapetala Pall., (綿團鐵線蓮, 黑薇, 山蓼.)

Clematis uhcinata Champ. (柱果鐵線蓮)

Clematis manshurica Rupr. (東北鐵線蓮)

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音：

ireisen

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音：

Wojoksum

Pron. in Cantonese

粤語發音：

wai1 leng4 sin1

Common Name:

英文名：

clematis

Other Names:

別名﹕

tie pi wei ling xian 鐵皮威靈仙﹐shan mu tong 山木通﹐ling xian 靈仙, tie jiao wei ling xian 鐵腳威靈仙。

Distribution:

分佈：

Clematis uhcinata Champ. ex Benth.is being used in Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangx provinces of China.

Clematis hexapetala Pall. is being used in northeastern provinces, northern provinces, and Shandong Jiangxu provinces.

Clematis manshurica Rupr is being used in northeastern provinces.

柱果鐵線蓮又名老虎師藤，使用於廣東、廣西、貴州、四川、福建、浙江、江西。

山蓼又名綿團鐵線蓮、黑薇。使用於東北、華北、山東、江蘇。

東北鐵線蓮使用於東北。

Properties (characteristics)：性味：

acrid, salty, warm, slightly bitter, mildly toxic.

味辛咸, 微苦, 溫﹐有小毒.

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經:

bladder, liver

膀胱﹐肝

Actions & Indications:

主治：

for rheumatoid arthritis, gouts, pain in the lower back and limbs, strokes, headaches, rids of phlegm, promotes urination, helps

menses, for treatment of deeply lodged fish bones in the throat, tonsillitis, tetanus, and beriberi.

風濕，痛風，腰膝四肢疼痛，中風，頭風，，消痰涎，利尿，通經，魚骨鯁

喉，扁桃體炎，破傷風，腳氣。

Medical Function:

藥理:

1. increases bile secretion and relaxes the muscles of the bile tract.

2. anti-malaria

3. lowers blood pressure

4. promotes urination

5. relieves pain.

增進膽汁分泌與使膽管的肌肉放鬆。
抗瘧疾
降血壓
利尿
止痛

Chemical Ingredients:

化學成份:

Clematis manshurica:	東北鐵線蓮:
isoferulic acid	異阿魏酸
clematoside A, B, C	鐵線蓮甙 A,B,C
3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid	3,4-二甲氧基桂皮酸
3-O-acetyloleanolic acid	3-O-乙酰齊墩果酸
D-mannitol	D-甘露醇
daucos-terol	胡蘿卜甙
β-sitosterol	β-谷甾醇
Root contains:	根中含:
minecoside	米內甙
catalpol	梓醇
6-O-veratrylcatalpolester	6-O-藜蘆基梓醇酯
aucubin	桃葉珊瑚甙
6-deoxy-8-isofer-uloylharpagide	6-去氧-8-異阿魏酸哈帕甙
β-sitosteryl3-O-D-glucoside	β-谷甾醇-3-O-D-葡萄糖甙
campesteryl3-O-D-glucoside	菜油甾醇3-O-D-葡萄糖甙
β-sitosterol	β-谷甾醇
campesterol	菜油甾醇
stigmasterol	豆甾醇
mannitol	甘露醇
Seeds contain:	種子含：
palmitic acid	棕櫚酸
stearic acid	硬脂酸
oleic acid	油酸
linoleic acid	亞油酸
Clematis chinensis:：	威靈仙：
anemonol	白頭翁腦
protoanemonin	原白頭翁腦,（原白頭翁素,原銀蓮花素）
prosapogenine	次皂苷元
aristolochic acid	馬兜鈴酸

Dosage:

用量﹕

6 - 12 g

Commonly Used formulae:

常用配方:

see the modern application above.

Modern Research:

to be loaded

Cautions:

禁忌：

Not to be used in cases of qixu (qi deficient) and blood deficient or during pregnancy.

Large dosages and/or long term usage can be toxic to kidneys.

大劑量或長期服用可能對腎臟有毒因為本品含兜鈴酸。氣虛﹐血虛體弱者，或懷孕者忌用。

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