Corydalis conspersa, Stong ri zil ba སྟོང་རི་ཟིལ་བ

Stong ri zil ba (Tibet)
Tiao Lie Huang Jin (TCM)

C. boweri Hooker, W.J., Hooker, J.D., Icones Plantarum [Hooker’s Icones plantarum] (1837-1922)

C. linarioides Maximowicz, C.J., Historia naturalis itinerum N. M. Przewalskii per Asiam Centralem vol. 1, Flora Tangutica (1889)

Botanical name:

Corydalis conspersa, C. bowerii
Other including C. linarioides have been listed.

Parts used:

Whole herb or tuber

Temperature & Taste:

Cool, dry. Bitter

Uses:

1. Clears Wind-Damp, Relieves Pain:
-Wind-Damp muscle or joint pain
-also Itchiness from Wind

2. Moves the Blood, Clear Stasis, Relieves Pain:
-Trauma, Bruising
-Pain of a stabbing, fixed nature

Dose:

Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitute:

1. Celandine (Chelidonium majus) (Listed in Russian texts, possibly a local substitute)
2. Corydalis Yan Hu Suo

Main Combinations:

Major Formulas:

Cautions:

None noted

Main Preparations used: