Chinese Elder Leaf and Stem Classic Formulas

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Dispels wind-damp and relaxes the channels - Lu Ying is traditionally used for rheumatic pain, lower-back and leg pain, and stiffness that worsens with dampness.
Promotes urination and reduces swelling - classical and regional sources use it for edema, swollen feet, and damp accumulation affecting the limbs.
Activates blood and reduces traumatic swelling - folk and materia medica traditions extend its use to bruises, fractures, postpartum lochia retention, and painful swelling after injury.
Clears toxic swelling externally - washes, poultices, and powders are used for itching rashes, erysipelas-type redness, carbuncles, and inflamed sores.

Lu Ying with Yi Yi Ren or other damp-draining herbs - regional strategy for edema, damp arthralgia, and swollen painful legs.
Lu Ying with Dang Gui, Chuan Xiong, or Ru Xiang - folk trauma combinations for bruises, fractures, or postpartum stagnant pain.
Topical Lu Ying washes or poultices - traditional external-use approach for urticaria, erysipelas, toxic swelling, and itchy wind-damp skin eruptions.

ShennongAlpha and related materia medica summaries describe Lu Ying as the stems and leaves of Sambucus chinensis used to dispel wind, promote diuresis, relax tendons, and activate blood.
Older discussions cite it for wind-damp arthralgia, edema, bruises, lochia retention, and itchy rashes, showing a broad pattern of damp-swelling and trauma use.
Later regional herb manuals also extend Lu Ying to hepatitis, dysentery, tonsillitis, mastitis, burns, and fractures, especially in external or folk settings.