Swallowwort root (Baiwei)
Cynanchum atratum Bge. (Fam. Asclepiadaceae)
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Cynanchi
Botanical Name: 1. Cynanchum atratum Bge.; 2.
Cynanchum versicolor Bge. (Fam. Asclepiadaceae)
Common Name: Swallowwort root, Blackened
swallowwort root.
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong
Bencao Jing.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The roots, or rhizomes, are gathered in autumn and dried in
the sun.
Properties & Taste: Bitter, salty
and cold.
Meridians: Stomach and liver.
Functions: 1. To clear heat and cool
blood; 2. To benefit urination and relieve urinary tract infection.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Internal heat and deficient yin
manifested as afternoon fever and night sweating or as febrile disease due to
exogenous pathogenic heat at the nutritive and blood levels and accompanied by
sustained fever. Swallowwort root (Baiwei) is used with Wolfberry bark
(Digupi) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).
2. Postpartum fever caused by deficient yin.
Swallowwort root (Baiwei) is used with Ginseng (Renshen) and Chinese angelica
root (Danggui).
3. Boils, carbuncles, sore throat and snake
bite. Swallowwort root (Baiwei) is used externally and internally.
4. Urinary tract infection manifested as
heat syndrome or bloody urine. Swallowwort root (Baiwei) is used with
Lophatherum (Danzhuye), Clematis stem (Mutong) and Talc (Huashi).
Dosage: 3-12 g, decocted in water for
an oral dose, or made into a bolus or powder.
Precautions: None noted.
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