Herbs that nourish the Heart

Question 1

Yè Jiāo Téng

Answer 1

Yè Jiāo Téng

Pharmaceutical Name - Polygoni multifora Caulis

Family - Polygonaceae - Knotweed family

English - Fleece flower caulis

Literally - nocturnal commingling vine

Temperature - neutral

Taste - Sweet

Channels - Heart and Liver

• Nourishes the heart and calms the spirit - nourishes blood - for patterns of yin or blood deficiency with insomnia and irritability, dream disturbed sleep, palpitations
• Unblocks the Channels - nourishes blood and unblocks the channels: for generalised weakness, soreness, pain and numbness due to blood deficiency (used as an auxilliary herb for painful obstruction
• Expels Wind - for itching skin disorders when blood deficiecy has allowed encroachment of pathogenic wind

Caulis = stems and branches.

The prepared rhizome is hé shou 3 wū