Traditional Chinese Medicine/Qiang Huo
notopterygium root
(Chinese: 羌活, Pinyin: qiāng huó)
Latin Name: Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii [1]
Taste & Temperature:
Channels:
- Foot Tai Yang of Urinary Bladder
- Foot Shao Yin of Kidney
Actions & Indications:
- disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy)
- Expel Wind-Cold-Damp
- stop headache
- Tai Yang headache (occipital)
- Expel Wind-Cold-Damp, especially for upper part of body pain
- guide Qi to Tai Yang & Du channels
Contraindications:
- Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
- Blood, Yin and exterior deficiency
- overdose may cause nausea and vomiting
Caution:
- Yin deficiency syndrome
- Blood deficiency
- chronic skin infection
Dosage:
- 2-5 qian (6-15 grams)
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Notes edit
- ↑ YEPING SUN, QIANG XU. "AQUEOUS EXTRACT FROM RHIZOMA NOTOPTERYGII REDUCES CONTACT SENSITIVITY BY INHIBITING LYMPHOCYTE MIGRATION VIA DOWN-REGULATING METALLOPROTEINASE ACTIVITY", Pharmacological Research, Volume 46, Issue 4, October 2002, Pages 333-337