Chuan Xiong 40 packets 2 grams

Chuan Xiong Granules

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: chuanxiong root, Szechuan lovage root, cnidium

Chinese name: Chuan Xiong Granules

Unit Size: box of 40/2 gm packets

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Acrid - Bensky

Properties: Warm - Bensky

Contraindications: Use with caution during pregnancy, or in those who bleed easily or have profuse menses. Inappropriate for those with fire from yin deficiency or with a red, dry tongue and a dry mouth. - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: difficult labor, retained lochia, headache, dizziness, painful obstruction; skin problems caused by wind - Bensky

Actions: Invigorates the blood, promotes the movement of qi, expels wind, stops pain (especially useful for headaches) - Bensky

Pattern: Blood Stasis, stagnant qi, externally-contracted wind disorders

Channels Entered: Liver, Gallbladder, Pericardium - Bensky

Ingredients: Chuan Xiong - Chuangxiong Rhizoma

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinse Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

• Invigorates the blood and promotes the movement of qi: for any blood stasis pattern. This is an important herb in gynecolody and is used for such problems as difficult labor, or retained lochia. It is also indicated for patterns of stagnant qi and blood stasis with pain and soreness in the chest, flanks.
• Expels wind and alleviates pain: a leading herb for any externally-contracted wind disorder characterized by headache, dizziness, or painful obstruction. Particularly useful for headaches. Also used for a variety of skin problems caused by wind.

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