Himalayan Teasel Root

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Tonifies the Liver and Kidney and strengthens sinews and bones - Chuan Xu Duan is classically used for low back pain, weak knees, frail tendons, and structural weakness rooted in deficiency.
• Reconnects injury and supports repair - the herb is valued in traumatic injury, tendon damage, and fracture-recovery patterns where both movement and rebuilding are needed.
• Secures the Chong and Ren while stopping bleeding - traditional use includes threatened miscarriage, uterine bleeding, and restless fetus when deficiency and instability underlie the presentation.

Secondary Actions

• Chuan Xu Duan is best understood as the regional or daodi-facing name of standard Xu Duan rather than as a different medicinal species with different core actions.
• This sibling record keeps a slightly more source-root and orthopedic emphasis, leaving the next standard Xu Duan page to carry the broader everyday clinical naming layer.

Classic Formulas

• Shou Tai Wan - classic fetus-calming formula that pairs Xu Duan with Sang Ji Sheng, Tu Si Zi, and E Jiao for threatened miscarriage from deficiency.
• Xu Duan Tang or Xu Duan San lineages - classical trauma and bleeding-oriented formulas that preserve the herb's reconnecting reputation.
• Low-back and sinew-bone combinations with Du Zhong and Niu Xi - common traditional strategy for chronic lumbar weakness and structural instability.

Classical References

• Official Chinese references describe Xu Duan as bitter, sweet, acrid, and slightly warm, entering the Liver and Kidney to tonify, reconnect, and move the blood channels.
• The name itself carries the idea of reconnecting what is broken, which is why the herb sits naturally at the intersection of orthopedics, gynecology, and pregnancy support.
• Modern quick-reference material explicitly notes that Chuan Xu Duan is the same Dipsacus asper root as standard Xu Duan, just with regional naming emphasis.