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 Ligustici Wallichi, Rx


Pin Yin: chuan xiong
Botanical family: Umbelliferae
Botanical name: 1, Ligusticum wallichii Franch.; 2, L. chuanxiong Hort.; 3, Cnidium officinale Makino

Primary action: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Secondary actions: Release Wind Cold
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Lv, PC, GB

Actions:
   Quickens Blood and moves the Qi; used for stagnant Qi and Blood in the uterus and also in the head, chest, flanks and hypochondrium.
   Expels Exterior Wind and relieves pain accompanied by headache, dizziness and Painful Impediment.
   Relieves pain of headache from Wind, Heat, Cold, or Vacuity of Blood, depending upon other herbs used.
   (See Qi Stagnation ; Blood Stasis ; Exterior Wind ; Exterior Cold .)

Indications: Headache, menstrual pain, joint pain

Dosage: 1-3 qian.

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