Chuan xiong - rizoma de apio de Sichuan

Chuan xiong
[Medicinal Use] The rhizome of the Apiaceae herbaceous plant Ligusticum chuan xiong Host.
[Nature, flavor and meridians] pungent, warm. Returns to the liver, gallbladder, and pericardium meridians.
[Efficacy] Promotes blood circulation, removes blood stasis, dispels wind and relieves pain.
[Clinical Application] 1. Used for chest and hypochondrium pain, rheumatic arthralgia, mass agglomeration, swelling and pain of ulcers, pain from falls, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis and pain, etc.
Ligusticum Chuan xiong Xin Powder has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It has a wide range of effects and is suitable for various diseases of blood stasis and blood stagnation. It is especially an important gynecological medicine for regulating menstruation. To treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, it is often used with Angelica sinensis and other medicines; to treat chest and hypochondrium pain, it can be used with Bupleurum and Cyperus rotunda, etc.; to treat rheumatic arthralgia, it can be used with Qianghuo and Duhuo, etc. For block, it can be used with Trigonella striata and Curcuma zedoary. To treat sores, swelling and pain, bruises, it can be used with frankincense and myrrh.
2. Used for cold headaches, migraine headaches and other symptoms.
Ligusticum chuan xiong has a pungent aroma that rises well, can ascend to the top of the head, and has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is an important medicine for treating head wind and headache. It can be used with Asarum, Angelica dahurica, etc. It can also be combined appropriately according to which meridian the headache belongs to. For headaches caused by wind evil, Schizonepeta, Fangfeng, and Qianghuo can be used to treat headaches caused by wind-cold and cold; combined with chrysanthemum, silkworm, etc., it can treat headaches caused by wind-heat.
In addition, this product has been commonly used clinically in recent years to treat coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.
[Prescription name] Ligusticum Chuan xiong, Fuxiong (wash, dry, and chop into pieces), Ligusticum chuan xiong for moxibustion (stir-fry until slightly burnt)
[General dosage and usage] 1 to 3 qian, decoct and take. Grind into powder and swallow 1-1.5g each time.
[Note] 1. Chuan xiong’s original name is Xiongxiong. It is pungent, warm, fragrant and dry, and it can be dispersed as it travels but reaches the top of the mountain; it also enters the blood and can reach the sea of ​​blood as it travels down. It has a wide range of effects in promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and is suitable for various diseases caused by blood stasis and stasis; it is very effective in dispelling wind and relieving pain, and can treat headaches, rheumatic arthralgia and other diseases.
2. People in the past said that Ligusticum chuan xiong is a medicine for qi in the blood. Did they mean that it contains pungent powder, relieves stagnation, clears the air, and relieves pain? This statement is for reference.
3. This product is Xin Wensheng Powder and should not be used by those with yin deficiency and hyperactive yang or liver yang hyperactivity; it is also contraindicated for menorrhagia and pregnant women.
[Examples of prescriptions] Ligusticum chuan xiong tea powder (“He Bureau Prescription”): Ligusticum chuan xiong, asarum, angelica dahurica, Qianhuo, saposhnikovia, schizonepeta, peppermint, licorice. Cure colds, colds and headaches.
Where are the main medicinal parts of Ligusticum Chuan xiong?
The medicinal part of Ligusticum Chuan xiong: the dried rhizome of Ligusticum chuan xiong Hort. In summer, when the nodes on the stems are prominently protruding and have a slightly purple color, they are excavated, the sediment is removed, dried in the sun, and then the fibrous roots are removed.
Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Ligusticum chuan xiong:
This product is an irregular nodular fist-shaped mass with a diameter of 2~7cm. The surface is grey-brown or brown, rough and wrinkled, with many parallel raised whorls, sunken round stem marks on the top, and many nodular root marks on the lower side and on the whorls.
It is solid and not easy to break. The cross section is yellow-white or gray-yellow, with scattered yellow-brown oil chambers and a wavy layer ring. The smell is strong and fragrant, the taste is bitter and pungent, slightly numbing the tongue, and slightly sweet.
How is Ligusticum chuan xiong recorded in ancient historical books?
“Herbal Classic”: “It is mainly responsible for strokes entering the brain, headache, cold numbness, spasticity, sores, and women with blood stasis and childlessness.
“Rihuazi Materia Medica”: “Regulates all pulses, breaks knots of accumulated blood… and eliminates blood stasis.”
“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “This medicine is most commonly used by people today. It cannot be used to treat wind in the head and face, so it must be supplemented by other medicines.
“Compendium of Materia Medica·Volume 14”: “It is also a medicine for qi in the blood. It is used to nourish the liver and relieve pain. Therefore, it is suitable for people with blood deficiency. It is suitable for people with qi stagnation because it is used to disperse it.”
“Jingyue Quanshu·Bencaozheng”: “Ligusticum chuan xiong has good dispersing properties, and it also acts on the liver meridian, and is also a blood medicine in the qi.
Función y eficacia
Ligusticum chuan xiong has the effects of promoting blood circulation and qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain.
What are the main functions and clinical applications of Ligusticum chuan xiong?
Ligusticum Chuan xiong is used for chest pain, chest pain, throbbing, swelling and pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, fatigue and abdominal pain, headache, and rheumatic arthralgia.
Pains due to blood stasis and qi stagnation
To treat liver stagnation and hypochondriac pain, it is often used with Bupleurum, White Peony, and Cyperus rotunda.
To treat blood stasis, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, it is often used with peach kernel, safflower, and angelica root;
To treat postpartum lochia and abdominal pain due to blood stasis, it is compatible with peach kernel, angelica root, paojiang, etc.:
To treat injuries caused by falls, blood stasis, swelling and pain, frankincense, myrrh, Panax notoginseng, etc. can be used.
Headache, rheumatic arthralgia
·To treat headache due to wind-cold, it is often combined with Angelica dahurica, Asarum, Schizonepeta, etc.
To treat rheumatism and headache, it is often used together with Qianghuo, Fangfeng and Ligusticum.
To treat headache caused by wind-heat, it is often used together with chrysanthemum, gypsum, and silkworm;
To treat blood stasis and headache, it is often combined with Gastrodia elata;
To treat blood deficiency and headache, it can be used with Angelica sinensis, Rehmannia glutinosa, peony, etc.;
To treat rheumatic arthralgia, it is often used together with Duhuo, Qingenzi and Fangfeng.
What other effects does Chuanxiong have?
Commonly used medicinal recipes for Chuanxiong are as follows:
Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea
10g Chuanxiong, 500g Hueryu, 100g broccoli, 20g coriander, 500mL fresh soup, appropriate seasoning. Cut Ligusticum chuanxiong into thin slices and fry to extract the juice. Blanch the broccoli in boiling water and set aside. Put the fish into 70% hot oil pan and fry it, add the stir-fried seasoning, condiment, broccoli, sprinkle with coriander and serve.
Headache, spasm and pain in limbs in men and women
Chuanxiong 159, Angelica dahurica 15g, 1 bighead carp head, appropriate amounts of ginger, green onions, salt, cooking wine, etc. Put the medicine and fish head into the aluminum pot, add ginger, green onion, salt, cooking wine and appropriate amount of water. Put it on a high fire and bring it to a boil, then simmer it over a slow fire until it’s done. Eat the meat and drink the soup separately.
What are the compound preparations containing Chuanxiong?
Ligusticum chuanxiong tea powder
Soothes wind and relieves pain. It is used for headaches caused by exogenous wind evil, or aversion to cold, fever, and nasal congestion.
Dachuanxiong Oral Liquid
Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, calms the liver and calms wind. It is used for headaches, head swelling, dizziness, neck tension and discomfort, numbness of the upper and lower limbs or hemispheres, and tongue ecchymosis caused by blood stasis blocking the collaterals and liver yang transforming into wind.
Compound Chuanxiong Tablets
Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, unblocks meridians and relieves pain. It is used for patients with stable angina pectoris due to coronary heart disease and heart-blood stasis syndrome.
Soothing Capsules
Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, unblocks collaterals and relieves pain. It is used for chest paralysis caused by blood stasis blockage, with symptoms such as chest tightness and precordial tingling; for patients with coronary heart disease and angina pectoris with the above syndromes.
Tianshu capsule
Promotes blood circulation, calms the liver, unblocks collaterals and relieves pain. It is used for headaches caused by blood stasis in the yang collaterals or hyperactivity of liver yang that last for a long time, have localized pain, or cause dizziness, hypochondriac pain, insomnia, irritability, dark tongue or ecchymosis; vaso-neurotic headaches, tension headaches, and hypertension. Headaches with the above syndromes.
Four things soup
Replenish blood and regulate blood. It mainly treats Yingxue deficiency and stagnation syndrome. Dizziness, palpitations, insomnia, dull complexion, irregular menstruation, scant menstruation or amenorrhea in women, pain in the navel and abdomen, or even fatigue and induration, pale tongue, pale lips and nails, and stringy or stringy pulse.
Wenjing Tang
Warming the meridians, replenishing deficiency and dispersing cold, nourishing blood, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Indications: Chong and Ren deficiency and cold, blood stasis and stagnation syndrome.
Shenghua soup
Nourishes blood, removes blood stasis, warms menstruation and relieves pain. It mainly treats blood deficiency, cold coagulation, and blood stasis. Postpartum lochia is not good, and the lower abdomen is cold and painful.
Bupleurum Soothing Gan Powder
Soothe the liver and promote qi, activate blood circulation and relieve pain. It mainly treats liver qi stagnation syndrome. Pain in the flanks and ribs, tightness in the chest, excessive breathlessness, depression and irritability, or gas, fullness in the epigastrium and abdomen, and a stringy pulse.
Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction
Promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, promotes qi and relieves pain. It mainly treats blood stasis syndrome in the chest. Chest pain, headache, persisting for a long time, pain like pinpricks with localization, hiccups that persist for a long time, choking when drinking water, retching, palpitations, insomnia, dreaminess, irritability and irritability.
Buyang Huanwu Decoction
Replenish qi, activate blood circulation, and unblock collaterals. Mainly used to treat stroke syndrome of qi deficiency and blood stasis. Hemiplegia, crooked mouth and eyes, astringent speech, drooling at the corners of the mouth, frequent urination or incontinence.
Modern research progress on Ligusticum chuanxiong
This product has various pharmacological effects such as dilating coronary arteries, increasing coronary blood flow, reducing myocardial oxygen consumption, improving microcirculation, anti-cerebral ischemia, antipyretic, sedative, anti-tumor, anti-radiation, and regulating immunity.
Cómo utilizar
Ligusticum chuanxiong has the effects of promoting blood circulation and qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain. It can be taken in decoction, porridge or soup. But no matter which method is used, it needs to be taken according to the doctor’s instructions.
How to use Ligusticum Chuanxiong correctly?
When decoction of Sichuan lovage rhizome is taken orally, the usual dosage is 3~10g; if it is ground into powder and swallowed, use 1~1.5g each time.
For external use of Ligusticum chuanxiong, take appropriate amount and grind it into powder for application or decoction for washing.
Through different processing methods, Chinese herbal medicine pieces such as Ligusticum Chuanxiong and Ligusticum Chuanxiong can be produced. Different preparation methods have different effects, but the medication method is the same. Please follow your doctor’s advice for specific medication.
Ligusticum chuanxiong is usually taken in decoction or decoction. It can also be made into powder or pills. However, the use of Chinese medicinal materials requires syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, let alone listen to traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
Las combinaciones comunes de la medicina china son las siguientes:
·Ligusticum chuanxiong combined with Bupleurum and Cyperus rotundus: Ligusticum chuanxiong can promote blood circulation, promote qi, and relieve pain, and can ascend the head and down to the sea of ​​blood; Bupleurum is good at soothing the liver and relieving depression; Cyperus rotundus is good at soothing the liver, regulating qi, regulating menstruation and relieving pain. The combination of the three medicines not only soothes the liver and relieves stagnation, but also regulates qi and activates blood circulation. It can treat chest tightness and hypochondriac pain, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation caused by liver qi stagnation and qi stagnation. ·Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome combined with chrysanthemum: Ligusticum chuanxiong is good at promoting blood circulation and qi, dispersing wind and relieving pain, and goes up the head and down to the sea of ​​blood; chrysanthemum is good at dispersing wind-heat, calming the liver and improving eyesight. The combination of the two medicines not only dissipates wind-heat, calms liver-yang, regulates qi, activates blood circulation and relieves pain, it can treat wind-heat headache or liver-yang headache.
Ligusticum chuan xiong combined with safflower: Ligusticum chuanxiong is good at activating blood circulation, promoting qi, and relieving pain, and goes up the head and down to the sea of ​​blood; safflower is good at activating blood circulation, promoting menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. The two medicines work well together to activate blood circulation, promote qi and relieve pain. They are good at treating pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, especially for those with cold.
In addition, Ligusticum chuanxiong can also be used for daily health care. Commonly used methods of consumption are as follows:
·Making soup (Chuan xiong, clam and carrot soup): Use 10 grams of Chuanxiong, 50 grams of clam meat, and 150 grams of carrots to make soup. It has the functions of promoting blood circulation and qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain.
How to prepare Chuanxiong?
·Sichuan lovage rhizome
Take the raw medicinal materials, remove impurities, separate the sizes, and wash them. Soak in water until fingernails can pinch into the outer skin, take out, moisten thoroughly, cut into thin slices and dry. Remove the crumbs.
·Jiuchuanxiong
Take Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome slices, add a certain amount of rice wine, mix well, and moisten slightly. After the wine is absorbed, place it in a frying container, heat over a slow fire, stir-fry until brown, take out and let cool. Sieve to remove crumbs. For every 100kg of Sichuan lovage rhizome slices, use 10kg of rice wine. This product contains volatile oil, please check carefully when it is wet to prevent the oil from deteriorating, and avoid drying at high temperatures.
Which drugs require special attention when using Sichuan lovage rhizome together?
El uso combinado de la medicina tradicional china y la medicina china y occidental requiere una diferenciación de síndromes y un tratamiento clínico individualizado. Si está tomando otros medicamentos, consulte con su médico antes de tomarlos e infórmele de todas las enfermedades diagnosticadas y los tratamientos que esté recibiendo.
Instrucciones de medicación
Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome is Xin Wensheng powder, so it is not suitable to take it if you have yin deficiency and excessive fire, qi deficiency and excessive sweating, qi reversal and vomiting, menorrhagia and bleeding diseases.
What precautions should be taken when using Sichuan lovage rhizome?
People with yin deficiency and fire exuberance, upper excess and lower deficiency and weak qi should avoid taking it.
·During the medication period, you should pay attention to avoid eating cold, cold, raw and cold foods, and avoid eating spicy and greasy foods.
·Medicine use in children must be done under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
·Conserve los materiales medicinales de forma adecuada y no entregue los materiales medicinales que utiliza a otras personas.
Consejos sobre medicación
Preguntas más frecuentes de los pacientes
Can pregnant women eat Chuanxiong?
Can’t.
Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome is a medicine that promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis, and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and promoting qi. Use by pregnant women will stimulate the fertile uterus to a certain extent, especially in the early stages of pregnancy, which will increase uterine tension and strengthen contraction. If you consume more, you will experience symptoms such as lower abdominal pain and vaginal bleeding, which will cause miscarriage and cause inevitable harm. Pregnant women cannot eat Ligusticum chuanxiong.
The efficacy and function of Chuanxiong tea powder
Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome tea powder is a Chinese patent medicine. It is composed of Ligusticum Sichuan lovage rhizome, Schizonepeta, Angelica dahurica, Qianghuo, licorice, Asarum, Fragrance and Mint.
It has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is used for headaches caused by exogenous wind evil, or aversion to cold, fever, and congestion.
The efficacy and function of Jiuchuanxiong
Ligusticum chuanxiong is a medicine that promotes blood circulation and removes blood stasis. After being brewed with wine, it can induce the medicine to ascend and increase blood circulation, qi circulation and analgesic effects.
It is mostly used for blood stasis, headache, chest and hypochondrium pain, irregular menstruation, wind-cold-dampness and other syndromes.
The efficacy and function of Sichuan lovage rhizome Qingnao Granules
Chuanxiong Qingnao granules are composed of Sichuan lovage rhizome, Angelicae, Fangfeng, Angelica dahurica, Ophiopogon japonicus, Asarum, Qianghuo, Duhuo, Atractylodes, chrysanthemum, Vitex, skullcap, licorice and ginger. It has the effects of dispelling wind, eliminating dampness, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. It is used for migraine caused by rheumatism and blood stasis.