The efficacy and function of Chinese medicine Qianghuo

I don’t know if you have seen Qianghuo in your life. Qianghuo is cylindrical in shape and is brown in color. It is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. This kind of traditional Chinese medicine is generally used to treat kidney deficiency. In life, there are many men with kidney deficiency and sexual problems, so they will eat some Qianghuo, but the efficacy of this medicine is relatively strong, so it is not suitable for those who are particularly weak. So what are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Qianghuo?

Introduction of Qianghuo:

[Alias]: Qiang Qing, the envoy to protect the Qiang, the envoy of the King of Hu, Qiang Hua, the envoy to retreat wind, and Heiyao. ,

【Nature and flavor】: Spicy and bitter; warm in nature.

[return through meridians]: enters bladder and kidney meridians.

Usage and dosage of Notopterygium wilfordii:

For internal use: decoct in water, 3-10g; or make into pills or powder.

Contraindications of Qianghuo:

1. This product has a strong pungent, warm and dry nature, so it should be used with caution by those with yin deficiency and blood deficiency. Use with caution in patients with yin deficiency headache.

2. Do not take this medicine if you have arthralgia due to blood deficiency.

3. "Bencao Jingshu": Headache caused by blood deficiency and body aches and bone pains accompanied by chills and fever are internal symptoms and may worsen if used incorrectly.

The efficacy and function of Qianghuo:

1. Dispel wind, cold and dampness, and relieve pain. It is used to treat colds and wind-colds, headaches without sweating, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, stiff neck and tendons, pain in bones and joints, edema caused by wind and water, carbuncles and sores.

2. Used for impotence and spermatorrhea, enuresis and frequent urination, cold pain in the waist and knees, asthma due to kidney deficiency, and diarrhea at dawn; used externally to treat vitiligo and alopecia areata. Dispel cold, expel wind and dampness, and relieve pain.

3. Used for symptoms such as exogenous wind-cold, aversion to cold, fever, headache and body pain. This product has a strong effect of dispelling wind and cold and relieving pain. It is often used together with saposhnikovia divaricata, angelica dahurica, asarum, etc., such as Jiuwei Qianghuo Decoction.

4. It is used for joint pain, shoulder and back pain caused by invasion of wind, cold and dampness, especially for pain in the upper body. This product can dispel wind, overcome heat, dispel cold and relieve pain. It is often used together with Saposhnikovia divaricata, such as Qunbi Decoction.

Qianghuo recipe:

1. Treatment of rheumatism, body pain, inability to bend or stretch, or slight swelling and numbness: Take equal parts of Qianghuo (without stem), Fuzi (without skin and navel), Baizhu and Gancao (roasted). Take 20g each time. Boil with 1.5 cups of water and 5 slices of ginger until 70% of the water is removed. Take warm at any time[3]. (Qiangfu Decoction in Jisheng Fang)

2. Treat cold, fever and tonsillitis: 20-25g of Qianghuo, 50g each of Isatis root and Taraxacum mongolicum. Decoction in water, one dose per day, divided into two doses. (Longhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine)

3. To treat solar typhoid fever without sweating: Qianghuo, Duhuo, Jingjie, Saposhnikovia, Guangpi, and Licorice. Decoction. (《Medical Grade》 Qianghuo Decoction)

4. Relieve teeth cold: Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Atractylodes, Asarum, Chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, Shengdi, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Licorice. Decoction: If you want to induce sweating quickly, take it with soup or porridge. If you want to induce sweating slowly, take it warm without soup. (Zhang Yuansu Nine-flavor Qianghuo Soup)

5. To treat headache caused by Taiyang meridian: 1 gram of Saposhnikovia divaricata, 1.5 grams of Notopterygium wilfordii, and 2 red beans. Grind it into powder and inhale it into the nose. (The Secret Meaning of Jade Machine)

6. To treat shoulder and back pain that cannot be looked back, spinal pain and stiff neck, waist as if broken, and neck as if pulled: one qian each of Qianghuo and Duhuo, 2.5 grams each of Ligusticum chuanxiong, Licorice (roasted), and Chuanxiong, and 1.5 grams of Vitex manjingzi. Make a dose of all of them, add two cups of water, boil until only one cup remains, remove the residue, and drink it while warm on an empty stomach before meals. (Qianghuo Shengshi Decoction from "Differentiation of Internal and External Injuries")

7. Treatment of symptoms of coldness, headache, toothache, cold hands and feet, cold mouth and nose: 5g of Notopterygium wilfordii, 2.5g of Aconite root, 4g of Roasted Licorice root, decocted in water. ("Medical Enlightenment" Qianghuo Fuzi Decoction)

8. Used for impotence, spermatorrhea, enuresis, frequent urination, cold pain in waist and knees, wheezing due to kidney deficiency, and diarrhea at dawn; used externally to treat vitiligo and alopecia areata. Dispel cold, expel wind and dampness, and relieve pain.

9. Used for symptoms such as exogenous wind-cold, aversion to cold, fever, headache and body pain. This product has a strong effect of dispelling wind and cold and relieving pain. It is often used together with saposhnikovia divaricata, angelica dahurica, asarum, etc., such as Jiuwei Qianghuo Decoction.

10. It is used for joint pain, shoulder and back pain caused by invasion of wind, cold and dampness, especially for pain in the upper body. This product can dispel wind, overcome heat, dispel cold and relieve pain. It is often used together with Saposhnikovia divaricata, such as Qunbi Decoction.