Chuan Xiong
| Chuan Xiong in TCM:Explore the properties of Chuan Xiong according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: cnidium, Sichuan lovage rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong
Properties: acrid, warm
Temperature: warm
Channels: LV, GB, PC
Flavors: pungent
Special Properties:
circulates qi, circulates blood, disperses cold, clears heat, clears damp, disperses wind, alleviates bi syndrome
Actions / Indications:
- Invigorates qi and blood; relieves pain (qi stagnation
and blood stasis with pain chest, flanks, hypochondriac regions; key
herb for gynecological disorders such as amenorrhea, lochioschesis,
dysmenorrhea; wide variety of modern uses such as cardio-cerebral vascular
diseases, hemiplegia due to strokes)
- Expels wind; lifts qi upward; alleviates pain (headaches
due to blood stasis, damp, wind, heat, cold, or blood deficiency; bi
syndrome; variety of skin disorders caused by wind)
Special Notes:
- especially for Shao Yang and Jue Yin headaches, Chuan Xiong is the essential headache herb and can be used for all types of headaches except those due to LYR.
- chuan xiong is "the best qi moving herb among the blood
invigorating herbs"
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
- (cc: LV yang rising)
- (cc: qi deficiency)
- (cc: excess mentrual bleeding)
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