What are the effects of Chuanxiong?

Chuanxiong is a very common Chinese herbal medicine among many traditional Chinese medicines. It is used in the treatment of many diseases. Everyone is familiar with this Chinese herbal medicine, but they don’t know much about Chuanxiong, and their understanding of Chuanxiong is also very one-sided. So, what are the effects of Chuanxiong? There are many friends who want to understand this issue clearly. Let us take a detailed look at it below.

Effects of Chuanxiong:

1. Used for chest and flank pain, rheumatic pain, mass agglomeration, sore swelling and pain, 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.

What are the effects of Chuanxiong? The above experts have already given a detailed introduction to this issue. I believe that now everyone should have more knowledge and understanding of the related effects of Chuanxiong. In fact, Chuanxiong has many effects. In recent years, Chuanxiong has also been used to treat angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease. I hope this will be helpful to you all.