Xiang Fu
| Xiang Fu in TCM:Explore the properties of Xiang Fu according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cyperus, nutgrass rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Cyperi
Properties: acrid, slightly bitter, slightly sweet, neutral
Temperature: neutral
Channels: SP, LV, SJ
Flavors: sweet, bitter, pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood
Actions / Indications:
- Spreads and regulates LV Qi (abdominal pain and epigastric
pain, abdominal pain, LV qi stagnation with hypochondriac pain and epigastric
pain, disharmony between Liver and Spleen; frequent sighing; emotional
distress; stomach pain caused by stress)
- Regulates menstruation, relieves pain (irregular
mensutration, dysmenorrhea, qi and blood stagnation in gynecological
disorders: breast distension; stagnation signs in chest, breast, hypochondriac
regions, abdomen)
- (cc: qi deficiency without stagnation)
- (cc: yin deficiency or heat in blood)
Special Notes:
- Both Xiang Fu and Chai Hu smooth LV qi and
regulate menstruation.
- Xiang Fu is called "the blood mover among the qi moving herbs"
and is known as the "general of qi disease".
- Xiang Fu is neutral.
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