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title: "Wei Ling Xian"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/608/wei-ling-xian"
---

 ![wei ling xian, clematidis radix.jpg](/u/wei-ling-xian-clematidis-radix-abpqVm.jpg) 

# Wei Ling Xian

### Crotonis Fructus

_acrid, salty, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Dispel Wind-Dampness**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Muscle pain
- Joint pain
- Fish bones stuck in throat
- Breast lumps
- Abdominal masses
- Water stagnation in the abdomen

Wei Ling Xian is acrid, warm, and salty. It enters the bladder
system to treat fluid disorders such as accumulation of water in
the abdomen.

Wei Ling Xian’s salty property allows it to dissolve lumps and also
to dissolve small fish bones that have been stuck in the throat.

**Channels:** bladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Edema
- Abdominal pain
- Migraine
- Arthritis
- Gout
- Bones stuck in the throat from eating fish
- Hypertension
- Analgesic
- Hepatitis
- Biliary congestion
- Laxative

**Formulas:**
- Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang

**Contraindications:** Wei Ling Xian is acrid and can damage qi
if used excessively, it should be prescribed cautiously to patients
with a weak constitution or that have qi and blood deficiency
patterns

**Zoo Image:** a seagull in sewage is fishing and pulls up a fish skeleton with
clumps while clamping fish bite it lower limbs, there is a skull in it abdomen

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