Caulis Sinomenii (Qingfengteng)

Name
Qing Feng Teng (Caulis Sinomenii)

Sources
The drug is the dried stem rattan of the Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.)Rehd. et Wils. (family Menisperrnaceae), growing at wet places in woods and shrubs of hill area, distributed in Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Sichuan of China.

Constituents
It contains sinomenine, sinoacutine, disinomenine, ethylsinomenine, sinactine, acutumine, acutumidine, tuduranine, magnoflorine, and a small amount of stepherine, michelalbine, dl syringaresinol, β-sitosterol, stigmasterol.

Property
Bitter, pungent, neutral; liver and spleen meridians entered.

Actions
Dispel wind-damp, promote diuresis.

Indications
Edema, dermatophytosis, rheumatoid arthritis, Degenerative Arthritis, tuberculous arthritis.

Dosage and administration
Decoct 9~15 g, lage dose can be 30~60g, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying or decocted for washing.