What are the medicinal values ​​of Chuanxiong?

Chuanxiong is a herb that grows in mild climates in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi and other places in my country. It can be used as a very good food ingredient. There are many ways to eat Chuanxiong in our country, such as Chuanxiong boiled eggs, Chuanxiong soup, Chuanxiong tea, Chuanxiong wine, black bean Chuanxiong porridge, peach-red Chuanxiong soup, etc. Eating food made with Chuanxiong regularly not only has a good health-care effect on the body, but also tastes very good. In fact, Chuanxiong can not only be used as a food ingredient, but also a traditional Chinese medicinal material with many functions. Next, I will introduce to you the medicinal value of Chuanxiong in detail.

Preparation

Chuanxiong: Pick out impurities, separate large and small ones, soak in water, dry in the sun, moisten until moist, then slice and dry. Ligusticum chuanxiong with wine: take Ligusticum chuanxiong slices and spray them evenly with rice wine, simmer for a while, put them in a pan and stir-fry until slightly charred, take them out and let them cool (for every 100 jin of Ligusticum chuanxiong slices, use 12 jin. 8 liang of rice wine).

Flavor

Pungent, warm.

① "Ben Jing": "Tastes spicy and warm."

② "Wu Pu Materia Medica": "Huangdi, Qibo, Leigong: pungent, non-toxic, fragrant. Bianque: sour, non-toxic. Li: warm when raw, cold when cooked."

③ "Tang Materia Medica": "Tastes bitter and spicy."

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It tastes spicy and slightly sweet, and has a warm nature."

Meridians

Enters the liver and gallbladder meridians.

① "Tangye Bencao": "It enters the hand and foot Jueyin meridians and Shaoyang meridians."

②《Pharmaceutical Chemistry》: "It enters the liver, spleen and triple burner meridians."

Function and indications

It promotes the flow of qi and relieves depression, dispels wind and dampness, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. It is used to treat wind-cold headache, dizziness, flank pain, abdominal pain, cold arthritis, muscle spasm, amenorrhea, dystocia, postpartum blood stasis and pain, carbuncles and ulcers. Used for irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to abdominal masses, stabbing pain in the chest and flanks, swelling and pain from falls, headache, and rheumatic pain.

① "Ben Jing": "It is used to treat headaches caused by stroke, cold arthritis, muscle spasms, metal injuries, and blood stasis in women."

② "Bie Lu": "It can eliminate coldness in the brain, wind coming and going on the face, tears in the eyes, excessive spitting, feeling drunk, cold air, hard pain in the heart and abdomen, nausea, sudden swelling and pain, wind pain in the ribs, and warm the middle and internal cold."

③ Tao Hongjing: "If the tooth root bleeds, it will heal if you hold it in your mouth."

④ "Medicinal Properties": "It is used to treat weakness of waist and legs, hemiplegia, placenta retention, and cold pain in the abdomen."

⑤ "Rihuazi Materia Medica": "It can treat all kinds of wind, all kinds of qi, all kinds of strain, all kinds of blood, replenish the five kinds of fatigue, strengthen the tendons and bones, regulate all meridians, break up the old blood, nourish new blood, grow flesh, nosebleed, vomiting blood and drowning blood, hemorrhoids, fistulas, brain abscesses, back hair, scrofula, goiter, sores, scabies, and discharge pus and eliminate blood stasis."

⑥ "Medical Origin": "Replenish blood and treat headache caused by blood deficiency."

⑦ Wang Haogu: "Search for liver qi, replenish liver blood, moisten liver dryness, and replenish wind deficiency."

⑧ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Drying away dampness, stopping diarrhea, promoting qi and relieving depression."

The above is what I introduced to you about the medicinal value of Chuanxiong. It not only has outstanding medicinal value, but is also an excellent conditioning herb for many women with irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. However, the dosage should still be based on individual constitution, especially for those with yin deficiency, hyperactivity of fire, upper body fullness and lower body deficiency, and weak qi. In addition, it is recommended to develop good living habits in daily life and strengthen physical exercise to improve one's immunity.