Jiang Huang
| Jiang Huang in TCM:Explore the properties of Jiang Huang according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: turmeric
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Curcumae Longae
Properties: acrid, bitter, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: ST, SP, LV
Flavors: bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood
Actions / Indications:
- Invigorates blood and Qi, alleviates pain (epigastric
and abdominal pain due to qi and blood stagnation; chest pain and swelling
due to trauma; amenorrhea or dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis)
- Expels wind; benefits shoulders (wind-damp bi with
blood stasis; especially for shoulder pain)
Special Notes:
- Pharmacologically Jiang Huang acts as an antihyperlipidemic, an anti-inflammatory,
anti-platelet, cholagogic, and uterine stimulant.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: blood deficiency without stagnant qi or blood stasis)
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