Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Szechwan Lovage Rhizome and Applications....
Article Content:
- .Basic Botanical Data of Rhizoma Chuanxiong.
- .Botanical Description and Origin of Rhizoma Chuanxiong.
- .Phytochemical of Rhizoma Chuanxiong and Chuanxiong naphtha.
- .Ligustrazine and Key Component of Chuanxiong.
- .Property,Action of Rhizoma Chuanxiong.
- .Uses of Rhizoma Chuanxiong.
- .Rhizoma Chuangxiong:Pharmacology.
- .Applications of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
- .Dosage and Administration of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
- .Precautions and Cautions on use of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
- .Reference Materials of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
- .Research Update:Rhizoma Chuanxiong,Szechwan Lovage Rhizome.
Applications of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
1. To treat pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation:.
Dispersing with its pungent taste and clearing with its warm nature, this herb can both promote blood circulation and activate the flow of qi, so it is an "herb for qi in the blood", which can "regulate menstruation in the lower part of the body and resolve stagnation in the middle part".
In modern times, chuanxiong or some compound preparations using it as their principal ingredient have produced quite good curative effects in the treatment of coronary angina pectoris. In addition, chuanxiong can be used in the department of traumatology for traumatic injuries and in the department of surgery for skin and external diseases.
a) Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea (abnormal absence or suppression of menses), dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation), postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation, etc.:
As a major herb in the department of gynecology for the promotion of blood circulation and the regulation of menstruation, this is often used in combination with Chinese angelica, peach kernels, nutgrass flatsedge rhizome (Rhizoma Cyperi), etc.
b) Amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to blood stasis:
This herb is used in combination with herbaceous peony unpeeled root (Radix Paeoniae Rubra), peach kernels, etc., e.g., Xuefu Zhuyu Tang.
c) Amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to cold accumulation and blood stasis:.
It is used in combination with scrapped cassia, Chinese angelica, etc., e.g., Wenjing Tang in the book 'Complete Effective Recipes for Women'.
d) Postpartum lochiostasis and abdominal pain due to blood stasis and qi stagnation:.
This herb is used in combination with Chinese angelica, peach kernels, etc., e.g., Sheng Hua Tang.
e) Pain in the hypochondriac region due to stagnation of liver-qi:.
It is often used in combination with Chinese thorowax root (Radix Bupleuri), herbaceous peony root (Radix Paeoniae Alba), nutgrass flatsedge rhizome (Rhizoma Cyperi), etc., e.g., Chaihu Shugan Yin.
f) Epigastric pain due to obstruction of heart vessels by stasis and stagnation of qi in the chest:
This herb is often used in combination with red-rooted salvia root (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae), cassia twig, sandalwood, etc.
g) Pain with blood stasis and swelling due to traumatic injuries:
It is often used in combination with pseudo-ginseng root (Radix Notoginseng), olibanum, myrrh, etc., in order to promote blood circulation, subdue swelling and kill pain.
h) Suppurative skin and external diseases, in which ulceration is difficult due to deficiency of primordial qi:
The herb is used in combination with milk vetch root (Radix Astragali seu Hedysari), Chinese angelica and Chinese honeylocust spine (Spina Gleditsiae) in order to expel toxins and drain off pus completely, e.g., Tounong San in the book 'Orthodox Manual of External Diseases'.
2. To treat headache, rheumatism and arthralgia:
Ascending and dispersing with its pungent taste and warm nature, this herb can dispel wind and kill pain with its potency "going upward to the head and eyes". It can be combined with other herbs according to the case in the treatment of any type of headache due to pathogenic wind-cold, wind-heat, blood deficiency or blood stasis. Our ancestors had a common saying that "headache cannot be cured without chuanxiong".
For the treatment of rheumatism and arthralgia and pain and numbness of the limbs, it can bypass the channels to dispel wind, promote blood circulation and kill pain.
In modern times, chuanxiong injectio has been used clinically for intravenous dripping in the treatment of acute cerebrovascular diseases. Ligustrazine has been used for intravenous dripping in the treatment of post-traumatic brain syndromes. Chuanxiong has been combined with long pepper (Fructus Peperis Longi) to produce rutondine for the treatment of such ailments as trigeminal neuralgia, vascular headache, sciatica, peripheral neuritis, etc.
a) Headache due to pathogenic wind-cold, wind-heat, blood deficiency or blood stasis:
This herb can be used in combination with other herbs according to the case.
b) Rheumatism and arthralgia and pain and numbness of the limbs:
It is often used in combination with wind-expelling and channel-dredging herbs such as pubescent angelica root (Radix Angelicae Pubescentis), cassia twig, fangfeng (Radix Ledebouriellae), etc.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5.Irregularmens-truation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia, postpartum lochiostasis, abdominal pain,etc.
Due to the stagnation of qi and blood stasis, and alsopain in the hypochondrium, numbness and pain of the extremities, traumatic injuries, sores and other pyogenic skin infections,etc. It is always used together with Chinese angelica root, and on this basis,other herbss are added according to the syndromes. To regulate menstruation, red peony root and cyperus tuber are added; for dystocia, achyranthes root and tortoise plastron are added; in the treatment of post-partum abdominal pain, it is often used with motherwort, peach kernel and others; for hypochondriac pain, it is often used with bupleurum and cyperus tuber; for numb extremities or traumatic injuries, it can be used withred peony root and safflower; for slow festeringskin infections,astragalus root,honeysuckle flowerand honeylocuts thornare added.
6. Headache and rheumatic arthralgia.
For headache due towind-cold, chuanxiongis prescribed with dahurian angelica, ledebouriella root and asarum root, as in Chuanxiong Mixture(Chuanxiong Chatiao San); for headache due to pathogenic wind-heat, chrysan-themum flower, gypsumand batryticated silk-worm are added, as in chuanxiong Powder(Chuanxiong San); forheadache due to wind-dampness, it can bematched with notop-terygium root,ligus-ticum root and lede-bouriella root, as in Dampness Removal Decoction of Notopte-rygium(QanghuoShengshiTang); for headache due to blood stasis,it can be given with red peony root ,safflower, red sage root and dahurian angelica root; for headache due to deficiency of the blood, it can be prescribed with Chinese angelica root,prepared rehmanniaroot, white peony root and chrysan-themum flower; for rheumatic arthralgia,it is often used with ledebouriella root, notopterygium root, large-leaf gentian root and mulberry mistletoe stem. Besides, in recent years, it hasbeen used to treat angina pectoris of coronary heart diseaseand ischemiccerebro-vascular diseases.
7. Other Applications.
Orally, Chuan Xiong / Lovage is used as "irrigation therapy" for inflammation of the lower urinary tract, for prevention of kidney gravel, and as a diuretic for urinary tract infections or pedal edema.
In folk medicine, Chuan Xiong / Lovage is used orally for indigestion, heartburn, stomach distention, and flatulence. It is also used orally as an expectorant, to loosen secretions in respiratory conditions, for menstrual irregularities, sore throat, boils, jaundice, malaria, pleurisy, gout, rheumatism, and migraines.
In foods and beverages, Chuan Xiong / Lovage is used as a flavor component.In manufacturing, Chuan Xiong / Lovage is used as a fragrance component in soaps and cosmetics.
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