Siler ( 防风 ) ...Chinese Herb...
 Latin
Plant Name
Ledebouriellae Sesloidis
Pinyin
Mandarin Name
Fang Feng
Common
English Name
Siler
Part
of Plant Used
Root
Nature
Slightly warm
Taste
Acrid, sweet
Meridians
Entered
Bladder, Liver, Spleen
Common
Usages
This herb is used in formulas to treat symptoms of skin eruptions, headache,
chills, and body aches; swollen and achy joints and muscles with wandering
joint pain; painful diarrhea and bright blood in the stools; and trembling
of hands and feet and lockjaw symptoms when combined with specific other
herbs (TCM: exterior wind symptoms; wind-damp symptoms; Intestinal wind symptoms;
exterior wind).
Traditional
Usages and Functions
Releases exterior and expels wind; expels wind dampness and alleviates pain;
expels wind.
Common
Formulas Used In
Clematis and Stephania; Cnidium and Tea; Qiang-Huo and Turmeric; Tu-Huo
and Loranthus; Xanthium and Magnolia.
Processing
Required
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Remarks
-
Cautions
in Use
Do not use where there is deficient Blood with spasms or deficient Yin with
heat signs.
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