Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

guǐ jiàn yǔ / 鬼箭羽 / 鬼箭羽 / spindle tree wings;

Latin pharmacognostic name: Euonymi Ramulus

Alternate English names: winged spindle tree wings

Alternate Chinese names:

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Blood-Quickening Stasis-dispelling agents / Blood-quickening menses-regulating agents

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: liver channel.*

Indications:

Breaks blood; frees the channels; kills worms.

menstrual irregularities; injury from knocks and falls; postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis; wind-damp impediment (fēng shī bì) pain.

Quality:

Uniform twigs with undamaged wings are the best.

Product Area:

Most parts of China.