Chuanxiong
Rhizome (chuan xiong)
Rhizoma
of the perennial Ligustici Chuanxiong
Properities:
It is pungent in flavour, warm in nature, acting on liver
channel, gallbladder channel and pericardium channels. Its
pungent flavour is good for dispersing blood stasis and
the warm property for freeing the passage of blood. Its
wandering function exerts its effects both on the blood
division and the qi division, hence, it is a herb for
vital energy in blood with the actions of promoting blood
circulation and flow of Qi and relieving pain. It is the
herb usually used to treat thoracalgia and abdominal pain
caused by Qi and blood stasis, traumatic ecchymoma,
swelling and pain due to suppurative infection or
carbuncle, and other disease. It is also good at
dispelling wind and relieving pain, so it is used to treat
various kinds of headache and numbness and pain due to
wind-dampness.
Effects: Promoting
blood circulation and flow of Qi, dispelling wind and
relieving pain.
Indication:
1. For the
treatment of irregular menstruation due to stagnation of Qi
and blood, dymenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum tormina, it
is usually used in combination with Radix Andelicae
Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae, Radix Bupleuri, Rhizoma Cyperi,
and other herbs with functions of promoting the
circulation of Qi and blood, regulating menstruation and
relieving pain.
2. For the
treatment of stagnation of Qi and blood in the Liver
channel, chest and abdominal pain, or blockage of the
Heart channel, it is usually used in combination with
Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Flos Carthami, Radix Salviae
Miltiorrhizae, Rhizoma Cyperi, Rhizoma Corydalis, and other
herbs with the actions of promoting the circulation of Qi
and blood and relieving pain.
3. For the
treatment of headache due to the wind-cold, it can be used
together herbs with Radix Andelicae Dahuricae, Radix
Ledebouriellae, Herba Asari, and other herbs having the
action of dispersing cold and relieving pain; For the
treatment of headache due to the wind-heat,, it is usually
used in combination with Flos Chrysanthemi, Bombyx
Batryticatus,
Cypsum Fibrosum, Radix Ledebouiellae, and other herbs
having functions of dispelling wind and clearing away
heat; For treatment of headache due to deficiency of
blood, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae, Caulis
Spatholobi, and other herbs with the action of nourishing
the blood and relieving pain can be used together with it.
Besides, it can
also be
used to treat pyogenic infections of skin diseases
including carbuncle, rheumatic pain due to wind-dampness,
trauma, and other disorders.
Dosage and
Administration:
3-10g
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