Chuan Xiong- Invigorate Blood and Relieve
Pain (LV)
LV, GB, PC (3-9g) |
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Chuan Xiong (Little Juan Young)
Little Chuan Xiong was SO energetic as a child
- he would always run in bloody circles which caused
painful Shao Yang and
Jue Yin headaches. One day he ran so fast that he created a powerful
wind twister that lifted
his qi so much it gave him yet another painful
headache!
What a strange little boy! Legend tells that his pregnant mother (cc:
pregnancy) had (cc: excess menstrual bleeding)
and (cc: LYR) with (cc:
qi deficiency) and sleepless nights (cc: yin
deficiency with heat).
English Name: cnidium, Sichuan lovage rhizome
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong
Properties: acrid, warm
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Explanation of Key Words in this story... |
SO energetic as a child.... run in bloody
circles |
invigorates qi and blood |
painful |
alleviates pain |
wind... lifted his qi... painful |
Expels wind; lifts qi upwards; alleviates
pain |
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Chuan Xiong Actions and Indications
- Invigorates qi and blood; relieves pain (qi stagnation
and blood stasis with pain chest, flanks, hypochondriac regions; key
herb for gynecological disorders such as amenorrhea, lochioschesis,
dysmenorrhea; wide variety of modern uses such as cardio-cerebral vascular
diseases, hemiplegia due to strokes)
- Expels wind; lifts qi upward; alleviates pain (headaches
due to blood stasis, damp, wind, heat, cold, or blood deficiency; bi
syndrome; variety of skin disorders caused by wind)
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: yin deficiency with heat)
- (cc: LV yang rising)
- (cc: qi deficiency)
- (cc: excess mentrual bleeding)
Special Notes:
- especially for Shao Yang and Jue Yin headaches, Chuan Xiong is the essential headache herb and can be used for all types of headaches except those due to LYR.
- chuan xiong is "the best qi moving herb among the blood
invigorating herbs"
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