Millettia dielsiana. M. reticulata, Spatholobus suberectus 鸡 血 藤 Jī xuè téng    Evergreen wisteria, Spatholobus, Fragrant cliff pea-vine   Family: Leguminosae        
Nature: Warm   FLAVOR: Slightly bitter and sweet CHANNELS: Liver, Kidney
FUNCTIONS
GROUP: Regulate Blood and removing Stasis
1. Activate Blood, Tone up Blood, open up channels.[2]
2. Stimulates blood and energy, counteracts anemia.[1]
3. Strengthens muscles and bone.[1]
4. Stimulates energy circulation and supplements the blood.[1] Nourish and tonify the Blood and disperse Wind.[3] (When treat Wind- must treat Blood).
5. Clear the channels (Jing luo), warms the back and knees.[1,3] Strengthens bone and muscle.[1]
INDICATIONS
1. Anemia, blood deficiency, irregular menstrual periods.[1]
2. Numbness of four limbs, paralysis, lumbago, irregular menses.[2]
2. Rheumatoid muscular aches and pains, numbness of hands and feet in blood deficiencies, infantile paralysis.
3. Wet dreams.[1]
1. Wind Damp syndrome- good for women and the elderly, usually with Deficient Blood.[3]
2. Numbness and paralysis, backache and pain in the knees.[1] Elderly people with mucular atrophy of limbs, numbness, paralysis, dizziness (eg paralysis after strokes-(caused by Deficient Blood).[3]
3. Shortness of breath and blood anemia in women, menstrual irregularities, vaginal discharge - bloody discharge and leukorrhea.[1] Menstrual disorders due to Bood Deficiency amenorrhea, abdominal pain, dysmenhorrhea, etc.[3]
4. Anemia due to Spleen deficiency.[3]
5. Seminal emission, gonorrhea.[1]
6. Stomach-ache.[1]
PREPARATIONS: Decoction. Roots and vine portions 12-24 g for each dose. Or prepared as a wine potion.[1] Dried main stalk  9-15 g.[2] The gelatinous extract of roots and vines are used medicinally, 15-30 g each time in decoction.[1] 15-60 g.[3]
NOTES: When it is cut off, its xylem will immediately bleed out bright red sap that resembles chicken blood, which is the reason why it is being called “Ji Xue Teng” (literally chicken blood vine).
COLLECTION: Gathered in autumn, removed from the branch and leaf, cut into slices, and dried in the sun.
NOTES: Millettia stem is a relatively recent addition to the Chinese Materia Medica, first recorded two centuries ago in the 'Bencao Gangmu Shiyi' (Omissions from the Grand Materia Medica, 1765 A.D.), and it did not have a strong reputation among traditional herbalists during the 20th century prior to the 1980's. The situation has changed dramatically in recent years: Millettia has been elevated to one of the commonly used herbs of modern Chinese medicine.
    
HABITAT: Grows on hillsides and highlands, and in shrub thickets along forest edges.
DESCRIPTION: Deciduous climbing shrub up to 5 m in height. Branches covered with short brown hairs. Leaves; alternate, oddly pinnate-compound, leaflets, 3-5. Leaf surfaces broadly lanceolate to long-elliptical, apexes acute or obtuse, bases broadly cuneate, margins intact, with short petioles. Flowers; purplish-red, apical or axillary, racemose inflorescence, forming a panicle cluster at the top, flower stems and calyx puberulent. Legume; flat and round, pubescent
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