. . . . . I have never heard of this name: Clematis chinensis, Herba Epimedii Clematidis: pungent, salty, warm and poisonous. Indications: dispelling pathogenic wind and removing dampness, dredging collaterals and relieving pain, eliminating phlegm and removing stagnation. Indications are obstinate gout, arthralgia due to rheumatism, numbness of limbs, cold pain of waist and knees, muscle and vein contracture, unfavorable flexion and extension, beriberi, malaria, abdominal mass accumulation, tetanus, tonsillitis, and pharynx paralysis. Epilepsy: (Epimedium) Taste tropism: pungent, sweet and warm. Indications of liver and kidney meridians: tonifying kidney yang, strengthening bones and muscles, and expelling wind and dampness.