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. Aoid 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. Resutl: 35 patients. Healed: 22 patients, Effective: 7 patients. Better: 5 patients. ^[2]

2. for treating calculus in the urinary tract

(therapy method to loaded)

3. for treating calculus in the gall bladder

wei ling xian 30 to 60 g. Make into 2 decoction. 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 healing was 88.5% and total effectiveness was 100%. ^[4]

4. for treating tonsillitis

(therapy method to loaded)

5. for treating bones lodged in the throat

wei ling xian 30 g, can be used with bai zhi, wu mei, gan cao. 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]

6. for treating the inflammation or the mammary glands

(therapy method to loaded)

7. for treating the inflammation of the glans of children

(therapy method to loaded)

8. for treating bone spurs

wei ling xian 30 g, ku shen 10 g, chuan shan jia 10 g, xiang fu 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 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]

9. for treating hemorrhoids

weiling 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：

Latin botanical name:

拉丁學名：

Clematis chinensis Osbeck﹔(威靈仙)

Clematis terniflora DC. var. mandshurica（Rupr.）Ohwi﹔

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

Clematis uhcinata Champ. (柱果鐵線蓮)

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Common Name:

英文名：

Other Names:

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Distribution:

分佈：

山蓼 C. hexapetala Pall.,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 C. manshurica Rupr.，使用於東北。

Properties (characteristics)：性味：

味辛咸, 微苦, 溫﹐有小毒.

Channels (meridians) entered:

歸經:

膀胱﹐肝

主治：

for rheumatoid arthritis, gouts, pain in the lower back and limb, 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 。

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.

1. 增進膽汁分泌與使膽管的肌肉放鬆。

2. 抗瘧疾

3. 降血壓

4. 利尿

5. 止痛

化學成份:

oleanolic aicd, hederagenin^[2]; anemonin; anemonol; protoanemonin^[3];.

clematis chinensis; anemonol, protoanemonin^[4];; prosapogenine; 1 CP₁;  

 2 CP₂; 2bCP_2b; 3CP₃; 3bCP_3b;CP₄~CP₁₀^[5-7];

C. manshurica; [clematoside A, A', B, C]^[1];

C. hexapetata 0.72%.

clemochinenoside A^[9];

Dosage:

用量﹕

常用配方:

禁忌：

氣虛﹐血虛 體弱者忌用。

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。