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title: "Ji Xue Teng"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/516/ji-xue-teng"
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# Ji Xue Teng

### Spatholobi Caulis

_bitter, sweet, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Circulate Blood**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Menstrual disorders
 - Subclinical anemia
 - Dysmenorrhea
 - Irregular menstruation
 - Amenorrhea
- Musculoskeletal disorders
 - Numbness in the extremities
 - Knee pain
 - Low back pain
 - Arthritis
 - Weakness of the extremities
 - Paralysis
- Vertigo

Ji Xue Teng is bitter, sweet, and warm. It enters the heart, liver,
and spleen systems to drain out cold blood stagnation patterns
while at the same time nourishing the blood.

Ji Xue Teng can treat numbness in the extremities because it both
nourishes and moves the blood. It is particularly useful for the
treatment of wind damp patterns and for treating the elderly who
suffer from weakness in the extremities.

**Channels:** liver, heart, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Anemia
- Motor impairment of the extremities
- Numbness
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Menstrual disorders
- Premenstrual syndrome
- Arthritis

**Formulas:**
- Dang Gui Ji Xue Teng Tang

**Contraindications:** Ji Xue Teng should not be prescribed to
patients with menorrhagia

**Zoo Image:** an old roadrunner with cotton balls on its knees is watching a
Kotex commercial while receiving blood

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