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Pin Yin:
qiang huo
Common name: notopterygium root
Botanical family: Umbelliferae
Botanical name: 1, Notopterygium incisum Ting; 2, N. forbesii Boiss.; 3, N. franchetii Boiss.
Primary action: Release Wind Cold
Secondary actions:
Dispel Wind Dampness
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid, bitter, aromatic
Entering Channel: UB, Kd
Actions:
Releases Exterior and disperses Cold and Dampness.
Relieves Wind-Cold-Damp Bi-joint pain.
Channels Qi into the area of the TaiYang and Governing Channels,
especially in the upper body and head.
(See
Exterior Cold
;
Exterior Dampness
;
Wind-Damp Bi
.)
Indications: headache,
stiff neck, painful joints
Dosage:
1-4 qian.
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