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.
Reference Materials of Rhizoma Chuangxiong.
Shen Nong Ben Cao:
"Headache due to invasion of pathogenic wind into the brain, arthralgia due to cold, clonic spasms of muscles, incised wounds and sterility due to amenorrhea." "Useful against headache due to the invasion of pathogenic wind into the brain, arthralgia due to cold, clonic spasms of muscles, wounds due to sharp objects and sterility due to amenorrhea."
Ben Cao Gang Mu:
"Chuanxiong is an herb for qi in the blood, which is applicable to syndromes due to qi stagnation because it is so pungent in taste as to be dispersing. It is called maiju in the book 'Zuo's Historical Records of the Spring and Autumn Period (770 - 476 B.C.)' and used to treat abdominal ailments caused by freshwater fish. For the treatment of damp diarrhea, it is always used with two other ingredients added, producing quick effects. If any pain remains despite the clearing of dysentery with bloody stools, this shows loss of yin and stagnation of qi. If chuanxiong is added to the recipe as an adjuvant, the flow of qi will be activated and the circulation of blood will be regulated to relieve the ailment promptly."
"Chuanxiong is an herb for vital energy in the blood, and is applicable to syndromes of qi stagnation because it is so pungent in taste as to be dispersing. In the book 'Zuo's Historical Records of the Spring and Autumn Period' (770 - 476 BC) it is referred to as maiju and used to treat abdominal ailments caused by freshwater fish. For quick effects in the treatment of diarrhea, it is always used with two other ingredients. In cases of pain after recovery from dysentery with bloody stools resulting from loss of yin and stagnation of qi, the addition of chuanxiong to the recipe as an adjuvant will activate the flow of qi and regulate the circulation of the blood to provide prompt relief."
Corpus of Discussions on Herbals:
"Chuanxiong 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, with its potency going upward to the head and eyes. It has been used as a conductant for Chinese angelica, which is not only effective in treating blood troubles, but also excellent for the treatment of qi disorders. Pungent in taste, positive in nature and quite migratory in property without any stagnation or viscosity, it can dispel all types of pathogenic wind and regulate the flow of all types of qi."
Opinions on the properties of herbs:
"Chuanxiong 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, with its potency going upward to the head and eyes. It has been used as a conductant for Chinese angelica, which is not only effective in treating blood troubles, but also excellent for the treatment of qi disorders. Pungent in taste, positive in nature, quite migratory in property and lacking any stagnation or viscosity, it can dispel all types of pathogenic wind and regulate the flow of all types of qi."
Modern Researches of Rhizoma Chuangxiong:
This herb contains volatile oil, alkaloids (e.g., ligustrazine), phenolic substances (e.g., ferulic acid), lactone, vitamin A, folic acid, sterols, sucrose, fatty oil, etc.
Ligustrazine can inhibit the contraction of the vascular smooth muscle, dilate the coronary artery, increase the blood flow in the coronary artery, improve myocardial hypoxia and mesenteric microcirculation, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, increase blood flow in the brain and limbs and reduce resistance of the peripheral blood vessels. It can reduce the surface activity of platelets and inhibit their aggregation to prevent thrombosis.
It can inhibit Shigella sonnei, Bacillus coli, Bacillus proteus, Bacillus pyocyaneus, typhoid bacillus, paratyphoid bacillus, etc.
It is soaked in alcohol for 2 weeks and then used in the treatment of gout.
The rhizome is anodyne (serving to assuage pain), antibacterial, antifungal, antirheumatic, antispasmodic, emmenagogue (promotes the menstrual discharge), diaphoretic (having the power to increase perspiration), hypotensive (causing diminished tension or pressure, as abnormally low blood pressure) and sedative.
Specific inhibiting characteristics of tetramethylpyrazine, one of the active ingredients of the Chinese herbal medicine 'Chuanxiong,' on platelet thrombus formation under high shear rates.
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