ancient wisdom · Herb
Oriental Bittersweet
Oriental Bittersweet. Properties: Bitter; Acrid; Warm. Meridians: Liver; Spleen; Large Intestine
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Nan She Teng
中文名 (Chinese)
南蛇藤
Latin Name
Celastrus Orbiculatus
English Name
Oriental Bittersweet
Alias Names
过山枫挂廓鞭香龙草过山龙大南蛇老龙皮穿山龙老牛筋黄果藤
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Bitter; Acrid; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Spleen; Large Intestine
Part Used
Stem vine
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To dispel wind and eliminate damp, free menstruation and relieve pain, quicken blood and resolve toxin.
Indication (主治)
Painful joints due to rheumatalgia, numbness in limbs, paralysis, headache, toothache, mounting qi [=hernia], dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, infant fright wind, sprain from knocks and falls, dysentery, sand, zoster.
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PubMed References
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📚 Sample References
PMID 34122065
The Ethyl Acetate Extract From Celastrus orbiculatus Promotes Apoptosis of Gastric Cancer Cells Through Mitochondria Regulation by PHB
Front Pharmacol · 2021
PMID 36179952
Celastrus orbiculatus Thunb. extract inhibits EMT and metastasis of gastric cancer by regulating actin cytoskeleton remodeling
J Ethnopharmacol · 2022
📜 Related Formulas 1 · contains this herb