Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

luò shí téng / 络石藤 / 絡石藤 / star jasmine stem

Latin pharmacognostic name: Trachelospermi Caulis

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 络石 luò shí

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Wind-damp–dispelling agents / Wind-cold-damp–dispelling agents

Properties: Bitter; cool; nontoxic*.

Channel entry: heart, liver, and kidney channels.

Indications:

• Dispels wind and frees the network vessels: wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain; aching pain in the lumbus and knees.
• Cools the blood and disperses swelling: Painful swollen throat or throat impediment (hóu bì);toxin swelling of clove sores; injury from knocks and falls; bleeding due to external injury.

  Dosage & Method:

  Oral: Decoct (6–9g); steep in liquor to make a medicinal wine; use in powder preparations. Topical: Grind to a powder or used juice extracted by crushing as wash.

  Quality:

  Neat stems with the leaves attached are best.

  Product Area:

  Produced mainly in Jiāngsū, ānhuī, Húběi, and Shāndōng, and also in Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Sìchuān and Zhèjiāng.