What are the effects and functions of Qianghuo

Cold is a disease we often suffer from. Many people will use Western medicine to treat it after suffering from a cold. However, many Western medicines will cause certain harm to people's bodies during the treatment of colds, and will also affect people's body's immune ability, leading to a greatly increased probability of suffering from the disease. Many Chinese herbal medicines can also treat colds, such as Qianghuo, etc. So what are the effects and functions of Qianghuo?

1. 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.

2. It is used for limb 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.

① "Medicinal Properties": "It can treat wind, aphonia, itching, leprosy, paralysis of hands and feet, facial crookedness, and stubborn numbness all over the body."

② "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "It can treat all kinds of wind and qi, muscle and bone cramps, weak limbs, dizziness, red and painful eyes, and water vapor in the back of the head, five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, coldness and weakness, soreness of bones and joints, and clearing the five internal organs."

③ "Zhenzhu Nang": "It can treat headaches in the Taiyang meridian, relieve pain in the joints, and warm the gallbladder."

④ "Pin Hui Jing Yao": "It is used to treat pain in all joints of the body, the eight wind evils on the skin, new and old rheumatism, and carbuncle."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can relieve liver qi, search for liver wind, treat rheumatism, headache in this meridian (sun), Du channel disease, stiff spine and syncope, rigid and soft spasms, aphasia after stroke, dizziness and red eyes."

⑥ "Hui Yue Yi Jing": "It can treat evil spirits, aversion to cold, and high fever without sweating."

Different parts of Qianghuo have different therapeutic effects on diseases. The current Chinese herbal medicine market is not very sound, so when purchasing Chinese herbal medicine, you must pay attention to distinguishing the authenticity of the herbs. It is best to buy them in regular pharmacies to avoid buying fakes that not only cannot treat the disease, but may even cause physical harm.