What are the effects and functions of Qianghuo?

In our daily life, we often use some Chinese medicine to regulate the body or treat diseases. Because there are many types of Chinese medicine, few side effects and good efficacy, it is trusted and recognized by people. However, each Chinese medicine has its own indications, and its efficacy and effects are also different. Only by fully mastering the correct use can it exert a higher medicinal value. So what are the efficacy and effects of Qianghuo?

Qianghuo can relieve exterior symptoms and dispel wind and cold, and its smell is strong and ascending. Qianghuo is bitter and pungent in nature, and can relieve wind-cold numbness and body pain. It can relax muscles and activate collaterals to treat wind-heat, but should not be used for arthralgia caused by blood deficiency. Qianghuo has the effects of dispersing wind and cold, eliminating dampness and relieving pain. It can be used to treat external wind-cold symptoms, wind-cold-dampness arthralgia. It is also good at removing rheumatism, dispersing cold evil, unblocking joints and relieving pain. It is good at treating wind-cold-dampness arthralgia above the waist, especially those with direct pain in the shoulders and back.

Used to treat various types of joint pain. One of the major functions of Qianghuo is to eliminate rheumatism. It is very effective in treating pain in the whole body joints, neck pain, back pain, pain in the spinal joints, etc. caused by rheumatism. Based on this kind of experience, it has been used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis, etc. in recent years, and has achieved certain effects. It is often used together with Angelica dahurica, cinnamon twig, red peony root, safflower, Clematis chinensis, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Aconitum carmichaelii, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, Coix seed, and turpentine.

Qianghuo and Duhuo are different in their ability to relieve rheumatism. Qianghuo is good at removing rheumatism in the upper body, and is good at treating pain in the spine, neck, head and back; Duhuo is good at removing rheumatism in the lower body, and is good at treating pain in the waist, legs, feet and shins. Both Qianghuo and Guizhi can dispel wind and cold, but Qianghuo is good at dispelling wind and cold from the head, neck, spine and back, while Guizhi is good at dispelling wind and cold from the shoulders, arms and fingers. Qianghuo is often used as a guiding medicine to treat pain in the upper body and the back of the head. Qianghuo has the characteristic of treating "Du meridian disease, stiff spine and coldness", so this medicine is often added when treating spinal diseases.

Used to treat acute and chronic enteritis and chronic bacillary dysentery. It is mixed with white pepper, cinnamon, cloves, cassia bark, etc., ground into powder and made into a medicinal cake, which is applied on the navel. Used to treat stubborn headaches. It can be used together with Chuanxiong, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, Saposhnikovia divaricata, etc., and decocted in water for oral administration. It is used in combination with Chuanxiong, Saposhnikovia divaricata, Asarum and other wind-dispelling and analgesic drugs to treat migraines caused by cold.

The above article gives a clear introduction to the effects and functions of Notopterygium wilfordii, and I believe everyone has a clear idea of ​​it. No Chinese medicine can be used casually. You must first understand your health condition, and then choose the correct Chinese medicine under the doctor's advice and guidance. It is important to prepare for long-term treatment and conditioning.