Chinese Starjasmine Stem

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Dispels wind-damp and unblocks the channels ... Luo Shi Teng is used for painful obstruction with stiff, swollen, or difficult-to-bend joints, especially when heat and inflammation are part of the pattern.
• Cools the blood and reduces swelling ... traditional use extends to red, painful, or inflamed tissues where moving the channels alone is not enough.
• Relaxes the sinews and collaterals ... it is valued when chronic aching, numbness, or limited movement lingers after injury or long-standing damp obstruction.

Secondary Actions

• Compared with warmer wind-damp vines, Luo Shi Teng is chosen more often when redness, irritability, or heat signs accompany joint pain.
• This page stays on the Trachelospermum jasminoides stem lane and should not be flattened into other anti-rheumatic vines simply because the channel-opening role overlaps.

Classic Formulas

• Damp-heat bi modifications ... Luo Shi Teng is commonly added when painful joints are red, swollen, or difficult to extend.
• Channel-unblocking trauma combinations ... the herb is often paired with blood-moving medicinals when stiffness and soreness persist after injury.
• Wind-damp formulas with Qin Jiao or Fang Ji ... a typical pairing logic when both heat-clearing and channel-opening actions are needed.

Classical References

• Traditional Chinese materia medica describes Luo Shi Teng as a cooling vine that dispels wind-damp, frees the channels, and reduces swelling.
• Its main clinical identity is a joint-and-sinew herb for hotter painful-obstruction patterns rather than a general tonic vine.