INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: CHOU WU TONG - 臭梧桐 - FOLIUM CLERODENDRI

Pharmaceutical Latin: Folium Clerodendri
Common English: Clerodendron Leaf
Forked Glorybower Leaf
Hairy Clerodendron

CATEGORY

Herbs that Dispel Wind-Dampness

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Bitter
Sweet
Cool
(Neutral)
Liver
(Spleen)
(Heart)
(Lung)
4.5-15g
Powder: 10g
Tincture: 2-4ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dispels Wind-Dampness

Wind-Damp Bi and numbness in the trunk or extremities and hemiplegia

Eczema

Calms Liver Yang and lowers Blood pressure

Liver Yang Rising with vertigo and headache

Hypertension

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with hypotension.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Hb. Siegesbeckiae
Xi Xian Cao

Bi Syndrome.

Eczema - if widespread use internally and as a bath.

Hypertension, vertigo and headache.

 

 

NOTES

  1. The leaf and young tender twigs are used.
  2. It also relieves the swelling from hemorrhoids, Wind headaches, unilateral headaches, weak and aching pain in the feet preventing walking and contracture of the arms so that they cannot be stretched or lifted.
  3. Some sources say that this herb Heart Qi Stagnation and Heart Yin Deficiency with a throbbing headache, dizziness, unrest, insomnia and irritability.
  4. Both Chou Wu Tong and Hb. Siegesbeckiae Xi Xian Cao treat Wind-Damp Bi and itchy rashes due to Wind or Dampness. Xi Xian Cao is best for dispelling Wind-Dampness within the sinews and bones and treats Wind-Stroke leading to paralysis and is especially effective for numbness of the limbs. Chou Wu Tong calms Liver Yang to treat dizziness and can be used alone for this.