Ligusticum chuanxiong nature and flavor

Chuanxiong is a relatively common medicinal material. It is a warm-natured medicinal material that can regulate the functions of organs such as the liver and gallbladder, help to promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, etc. It is especially effective for chest pain and irregular menstruation. Chuanxiong can relieve symptoms such as dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea during menstruation, and it can treat rheumatic paralysis when combined with Chaihu. You can learn about the application of Chuanxiong.

【Nature and flavor and meridians】 Pungent, warm. It enters the liver, gallbladder and pericardium meridians.

[Effects] Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, dispel wind and relieve pain.

【Clinical Application】

1. Used for chest and flank pain, rheumatic pain, mass agglomerations, sores and swelling, pain from falls and injuries, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and pain, etc.

Chuanxiong is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking in nature, and has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It has a wide range of effects and is suitable for various diseases caused by blood stasis, and is especially an important medicine for regulating menstruation in gynecology. For treating irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, it is often used together with Chinese angelica and other drugs; for treating chest and flank pain, it can be used together with Bupleurum, Cyperus rotundus, etc.; for treating rheumatic pain, it can be used together with Notopterygium and Angelica dahurica; for treating masses and lumps, it can be used together with Trillium and Curcuma; for treating sores, swelling and pain, and bruises, it can be used together with frankincense and myrrh, etc.

2. Used for cold headache, migraine headache, etc.

Chuanxiong is pungent and fragrant and good at ascending. It can go up to the top of the head and has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is an important medicine for treating headaches caused by wind. It can be used together with asarum, angelica dahurica, etc., and can also be appropriately combined according to which meridian the headache belongs to. For headaches caused by wind evil, if you use Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia, and Notopterygium wilfordii together, you can treat headaches caused by wind-cold colds; if you use them together with Chrysanthemum, Bombyx batryticatus, etc., you can treat headaches caused by wind-heat.

In addition, this product has been commonly used clinically in recent years to treat angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease.

[Prescription name] Chuanxiong, Fuxiong (wash, dry, and chop) Moxibustion Chuanxiong (fry until slightly charred)

[General dosage and usage] One to three grams, decocted and taken orally. Grind into powder and swallow each time - 1.5g.