Greenlife Chinese herb database - Rhizoma Chuanxiong (Chuan Xiong)
English Name
Szechwan Lovage Rhizome
Chinese Name
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Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Origin
Szechwan Lovage Rhizome is the dried rhizome of Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Fam. Umbelliferae).
Nature and Affinity
It is pungent in taste and warm in nature. Its therapeutical action is related to the channels of the Liver, Gallbladder and Pericardium.
Main Active Ingredient
Precaution
 
Storage
Preserve in a ventilated and dry place, protected from moth.
herb DESCRIPTION
 

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herb ACTION
  To promote the flow of blood and qi, dispel wind and relieve pain.
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INDICATIONS
 

Menstrual disorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal; abdominal pain with mass formation; pricking pain in the chest and costal regions; swelling and pain due to traumatic injury; headache; rheumatic arthralgia.

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REFERENTIAL ADVICE
 

1. Promoting blood and qi circulation.

It is usually prescribed for patients with irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, retention of placenta, dystocia, etc. The drug serves as one of the key medicinal herbs in the treatment of woman diseases. However, it can not be used for long. It is also prescribed for patients with stagnant swelling caused by injury, hypochondriac pain due to depressed qi, carbuncles and boil. In recent years, it is applied to the treatment of coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.

2. Dispelling pathogenic wind and relieving pain.

The herb is often prescribed for patients with headache, body pain and arthritis. This is a nice medicine for headache and usually used together with other materia medical to treat headache, migraine and overall headache caused by pathogenic wind and cold, or headache due to pathogenic wind-heat. It is also applied in the treatment of arthralgia due to wind-cold dampness, muscular contracture and pain of the limbs.

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TIPS
  It is contraindicated in patients with menorrhagia and headache caused by excessive fire due to yin deficiency.
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