Qiyelian-Scandent Schefflera Stem and Leaf

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In a message dated 12/28/2002 8:16:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, writes:

 

yellow pills that look like pale M & M candies.

 

I always suspected that patents from China that looked like this contained pharmaceuticals unlisted on the label contents.

 

Sherril Gold, Dipl Ac

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Hi All,

 

> The most that I could find out about Qi Ye Lian (Schefflera

> arboricola root) is from Mayway literature. They put out a " Qi Ye

> Lian " tablet under the Plum Flower Brand that contains Feng Mi

> (Mel) and Qi Ye Lian. According to their info the formula:

> " Promotes blood circulation, expels wind, alleviates pain.

> Applications: low back pain, joint pain, traumatic injury,

> headache. " . Hope it helps, Anne " Qi Ye Lian " " Schefflera

> arboricola " " Schefflerae arboricolae " Qiyelian

 

Ann, have you tried Google? I entered Qiyelian [and, later, qi ye lian] in the

advanced Google engine [ http://www.google.com/advanced_search ] and got

several hits, including sites in Chinese. Those sites also gave the ideograms

(Qi,

as in the number 7; ye, as in leaf (folium) and lian, as in Banzhilian or

Banbianlian).

 

If you copy the ideograms into the Chinese Language pages [accessible from

the Language Tools link on the Google frontpage at http://www.google.com/, you

will find several more chinese sites. You can get a translation [imperfect] by

copying the chinese url into the Altavista World Translator at

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr and selecting the Chinese-English

option.

 

Here are some of the hits, but they add little to what you found. The summary

is:

 

Pinyin Name: Qiyelian

Pharma Name: Caulis+Fm Schefflerae arboricolae Scandentis

Common Name: Scandent Schefflera Stem, also a Chinese patent formula from

the Hb

Nature: Sour/Acrid/Bitter~slightly; Warm

Channels entered: HT; SP

TCM Actions: Expel Cold; Expel Damp; antiarthritic; Move Xue~Ease Pain; Relax

Muscle & Joints;

Clinical uses: Rheumatism; pain~rheumatic; pain~traumatic; ST~ache;

pain~traumatic bone fracture; arthritis~rheumatic; arthralgia & sciatica;

trigeminal neuralgia; headache~nervous; flesh wound haemorrhage; Circulation-

Poor

Dose: tablet (300mg extract = 5g crude Hb) ; 3-5 tablets, tid/Soup of up to

30g/d; another source says 3-5g/d as Soup; Topical: qs

Caution: Avoid in Qi Xu & pregnancy

Combinations: Often used w Danggui to Nourish Xue; Move Xue; Nourish LV

 

http://www.itmonline.org/arts/pain.htm

Qi Ye Lian, a Chinese patent made from extract of Schefflera arboricola

(qiyelian), contains organic acids that are thought to be responsible for

analgesic effects (17). These include fumaric acid, ?-hydroxybutyric acid

(GABA), and succinic acid. The herb extract has been reported useful for

trigeminal neuralgia and headache, as well as arthralgia and sciatica. The Qi Ye

Lian tablet is made from 5 grams of crude herb (reduced to 300 mg extract),

using an alcohol precipitated decoction. The dosage is 3-5 tablets each time,

three times daily; or, a decoction of up to 30 grams/day may be used.

 

http://www.medicineconference.com/herbs/list/q.htm

Qiyelian Caulis et Folium Schefflerae Arboricolae Scandentis

 

http://www.carbotrading.com/med.htm

GD008 Qiyelian Analgesic Pills rheumatic pains, circulates blood, trineuralgia,

arthritis

 

http://www.herbasin.com/herb/engsort/s-eng.htm

Scandent Schefflera Stem and Leaf Caulis et Folium Schefflerae Arboricolae

Qiyelian

 

http://www.dreamwater.net/medicine/En/Herbs/Products/Intro.html

Qiyelian Analgesic Pill belongs to pain-killer group of circumferential

neuralgia

and is mainly used for the treatment of tri-neuralgia, sciatic neuragia, nervous

headache and rheumatic-arthritis. It also has stronger pain relieving effect for

the treatment of various pains caused by external hurts.

 

http://www.craneherb.com/Products/Product001048

Name: Qiyelian Analgesic Alternate Name: Scheffler Root Extract

Western Signs, Symptoms & Disease Categories Rheumatism Sciatica Injury-

Traumatic Trigeminal Neuralgia Arthritis Circulation-Poor

 

Partial translation of page

http://www.cenoo.com/yaofang-house/asp/cy_detail.asp?p1=37 from Babelfish

[http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/tr Chinese-English]:

 

QIYELIAN [ English literary name ]: Scandent Schefflera Stem and Leaf

[ Origin ]: Five increases taxes the plant goose's foot cane for the double seed

leaf plant medicine the root or the stem leaf.

[ Effect ]: Relieves sickness eliminates wet, invigorates the blood to stop

pain.

[ Mainly treats ]: Governs the rheumatism rheumatism pain, the stomach ache,

the injury bone fracture, the flesh wound hemorrhage.

[ ?? turns over to after ]: Micro painstakingly, heats. (1) " Guangxi Chinese

medicine " : " Sex warm, taste Xin. " (2) Guangzhou army " commonly used

Chinese medicine handbook " : " Painstakingly Gansu, warm. " Enters the heart,

the spleen two passes through

[ Usage amount used ]: Takes orally: Fries the soup, 3 ~ 5g. External use: ??

spreads the trouble place.

[ Envies suitably with medicine ]: Vitality weak, the pregnant woman cautious

uses.

[ Medicine ?? ]: Matches the Chinese angelica, raises the blood supple liver,

invigorates the blood the good blood; Matches ??, relieves sickness wins wet.

[ Alias ]: The small leaf duck foot wood, the Chinese peach leaf ( " the Guangxi

Chinese medicine " ), the hand tree, seven adds the skin, seven canes ( " the

Guangxi practical Chinese medicine newly elects " ), seven to be rotten (the

Guangzhou army " commonly used Chinese medicine " ).

[ Zoology and botany resources distribution ]: Distributes places such as

Guizhou, Guangdong, Guangxi, Zhejiang, Taiwan.

 

http://www.moonbowmedia.com/health/chineseherb.htm

Then one day a friend of mine, a naturopath doctor, recommended a Chinese

herb, Qiyelian, or as it is also called Scheffler Root Extract, instead of the

pain

pills I was struggling with. I couldn't see how a herb would be an effective

alternative to a prescription pain pill but I was willing to try it. I bought a

bottle of

the little yellow pills that look like pale M & M candies. I waited until I got

home to

take one as I was unsure what the effect would be. Although the standard dose

is 4 at each dose, I wanted to try one first to see how I'd react. Within 20

minutes I could feel the effect. It was a more mellow type of pain relief, more

like

a relaxation type feeling, as if I had drunk a glass of wine. I was able to fall

off

asleep immediately and slept through the night without waking up gasping for the

first time in a long time. The next day, I wanted to test it to see how

effective it

would be while going about my daily activities and, more importantly, if I could

stay alert while working. I took another and even though it did make me a little

" yawny " , I was able to go about my daily activities without either being in an

uncomfortable level of pain or needing to drink 1/2 pot of coffee to stay alert.

Since finding the Qiyelian, I have relied more on this Chinese herb for pain

relief/relaxation than my prescription or over-the-counter pain relievers. It

takes

the " edge " off the level of pain that I have just enough to be able to go about

my

activities during the day when I take 1 every 3 hours or so, and then at night

sometimes take 2 before going to sleep. I've yet to try the standard dose of 4

at

each setting and this may work wonders for more intense, acute pain. The best

part of it is, it's not addicting, doesn't upset my stomach and doesn't give me

any

rashes! I don't know how it would work on someone with severe pain taking

narcotics like Vicodin, codeine or morphine, as I have, thankfully, not been

unfortunate enough to yet experience this type of pain. But, for chronic, low to

moderate pain syndromes, it does help break the Rx pain pill dependency and

provides a " healthier " alternative. In the literature inside the box that

Qiyelian

comes in, there is product literature written in both Chinese and English

explaining what the herb is and what it does. The herb, Qiyelian, comes from the

Heping County of Guangdong Province of China. It's pain-relieving effects have

been widely proven in multiple clinical tests as has its safety, reliability,

non-

addictive property, and, unlike traditional prescription pain pills, has no

impact

on consciousness (although I did get sleepy with it) or other feelings (some

prescription pain relievers can cause you to feel down or depressed). It's

insert

says, " No doubt it is a new painkiller warmly welcomed by the broad patients of

pains " . It goes on to say that Qiyelian Analgesic Pills " will relieve rheumatic

pains and other pains, stimulate the circulation of blood flow and cause the

muscles and joint to relax " . It explains that Qiyelian belongs to the

pain-killer

group of " circumferential neuralgia " and is mainly used for the treatment of

tri-

neuralgias, sciatic neuralgia, nervous headache, rheumatic arthritis and " also

has stronger pain relieving effect for the treatment of various pains caused by

external hurtings " . A little confusion with the translation, perhaps, but what

this

literature seems to say is that people with a broad variety of pain,

particularly

that of a musculoskeletal (like arthritis, bursitis, etc) and neuralgia

(headache)

type will benefit from its use. You can't buy Qiyelian, or Scheffler Root, in a

drugstore, health food store, over the internet as its only available through a

health care practitioner like a naturopathic doctor or perhaps even a

chiropractor. However, your health care practitioner can order it for you

through

Chinese herb companies websites if they don't carry it themselves. If you

experience chronic low to moderate pain on a daily basis like I do and have

problems taking traditional pain relievers, or if you just want to switch to an

alternative " natural " pain reliever, you will find Qiyelian (Scheffler Root) a

refreshing, and effective change. It's worth a try.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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