Chuanxiong pungent and warm; Hepatobiliary pericardium meridian; This product can promote blood circulation and qi circulation, dispel wind and relieve pain. Because of strong blood circulation, it is most suitable for treating all kinds of pain caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation, and is called "qi medicine in blood" It can cure a variety of headaches, so there is also a saying that "headaches cannot be separated from Chuanxiong".
However, it should be used with caution for patients with headache and hyperactivity of liver yang caused by Chuanxiong Xinwensheng Powder. In addition, Ligusticum Chuanxiong is warm and dry, which has the disadvantages of consuming blood and damaging yin, so it is not suitable for people with yin deficiency and excessive fire, excessive sweating due to qi deficiency, vomiting due to adverse qi, red tongue and dry mouth; Women with menorrhagia and hemorrhagic diseases without blood stasis are not suitable for pregnant women.
Further discussion on clinical application of chuanxiong rhizome.
For chest distress, hypochondriac pain, dysmenorrhea and irregular menstruation caused by stagnation of liver qi, it is often combined with Chaihu, Paeonia lactiflora and Cyperus tuber, such as Chaihu Shugan Powder.
It is used for amenorrhea caused by blood stasis, dysmenorrhea, liver depression and blood stasis, chest pain and stagnation. It is often used with Paeonia Rubra and Peach Kernel, such as Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction.
It is often used with Danshen, Guizhi and Sandalwood to treat chest obstruction and heartache caused by heart pulse stasis. For wind-heat headache, it can be mixed with Flos Chrysanthemi, Gypsum Fibrosum and Bombyx Batryticatus, such as Rhizoma Chuanxiong powder;
For wind-cold headache, it is combined with Notopterygium Rhizoma, Herba Asari and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, such as Chuanxiong tea.
For blood deficiency headache, it can be combined with Angelica sinensis and Radix Paeoniae Alba, such as Jiawei Siwu Decoction;
Rheumatic headache can be combined with Notopterygium root, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis and Radix Saposhnikoviae, such as Notopterygium root and dampness removing decoction;
For headache due to blood stasis, it can be combined with Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Moschus, such as Tongqiao Huoxue Decoction.
Corydalis yanhusuo tastes pungent, bitter and warm. Heart, liver and spleen meridians; This product can promote blood circulation, promote qi circulation and relieve pain. Vinegar can enhance the analgesic effect. Pain belonging to blood stasis and qi stagnation can be put into use, especially for colds, such as chest pain, liver and stomach gas pain, dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation, postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain, cold hernia abdominal pain, traumatic injury, swelling and pain, rheumatic joint pain and so on. And angina pectoris, chronic gastritis, dysmenorrhea, hernia, acute and chronic sprain and contusion diagnosed by western medicine belong to blood stasis syndrome.
This product is pungent, dispersing and warm, and is good at treating qi stagnation and blood stasis, but it hurts qi and blood, so it is not suitable for people with qi deficiency, blood deficiency and both qi and blood deficiency to take a single medicine; It can inhibit heart activity, lower blood pressure and reduce gastric acid secretion, and has obvious inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, so it is not suitable for patients with heart disease, hypotension and atrophic gastritis, infants and the elderly to take it for a long time. Fragile fetus, forbidden for pregnant women.
Clinical application of corydalis yanhusuo.
It is widely used for stomachache, such as treating stomachache with heat syndrome with Toosendan Fructus, treating stomachache with cold syndrome with Ramulus Cinnamomi (or Cortex Cinnamomi) and Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinalis, treating stomachache with qi stagnation with Rhizoma Cyperi, Radix Aucklandiae and Fructus Amomi, treating stomachache with blood stasis with Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae and Oletum Trogopterori, and treating stomachache with insufficient middle energizer with Radix Codonopsis, Atractylodis Rhizoma and Radix Paeoniae Alba. There are one or two examples of commonly used Chinese patent medicines:
Compound Weining Capsule consists of Hericium erinaceus powder, Rhizoma Corydalis and cuttlebone. It has the effects of regulating qi, relieving pain and making acid. Used for disharmony between liver and stomach, epigastric pain, and acid regurgitation and belching.
Yuanhu Zhitong Tablet: consists of vinegar Rhizoma Corydalis and Radix Angelicae Dahuricae. Has the effects of regulating qi, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain. Used for stomachache, hypochondriac pain, headache and dysmenorrhea caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.
An Wei Tablet: It consists of Rhizoma Corydalis (processed with vinegar), Alum (calcined) and cuttlebone (shelled). Has the effects of promoting qi circulation, promoting blood circulation, inhibiting acid and relieving pain. Can be used for treating epigastric pain, acid regurgitation, belching, abdominal discomfort and other symptoms caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. See the above symptoms for chronic gastritis.
Furthermore, Rhizoma Corydalis is often used with Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Flos Carthami and Rhizoma Cyperi to treat dysmenorrhea, irregular menstruation and postpartum abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.
Rheumatalgia can be combined with Gentiana macrophylla and Guizhi.
For traumatic injury, swelling and pain, it is often combined with frankincense and myrrh.
For chest pain and hypochondriac pain caused by liver depression and qi stagnation, it is often combined with Chaihu and Yujin.
It is often combined with Danshen, Guizhi, Bulbus Allii Macrostemon, Fructus Trichosanthis and other herbs to treat chest obstruction and heartache due to blood stasis.
Corydalis yanhusuo and fennel are suitable for scrotal swelling and pain caused by cold and dampness, qi stagnation and blood stasis in Jueyin.
Yujin is pungent, bitter and cold, and it belongs to liver, gallbladder and heart meridian. This product has the effects of promoting blood circulation to relieve pain, soothing the liver and regulating qi, promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, clearing away heart fire and cooling blood, stopping bleeding, restoring consciousness, promoting gallbladder function and relieving jaundice, and is an important drug for promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and cooling down. However, it has pharmacological antagonism with clove and should not be used together. Blood loss due to yin deficiency should be avoided without qi stagnation and blood stasis, and pregnant women should use it with caution.
Clinical application of Radix Curcumae
It is often used with Bupleurum, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Cyperi to treat chest and rib stinging due to liver depression and qi stagnation.
It is often combined with Bupleurum, Gardenia, Angelica and Chuanxiong to treat dysmenorrhea and breast distension caused by stagnation of liver-qi and blood stasis, such as Yuxuan Tongjing Decoction.
For abdominal mass, it can be combined with Carapax Trionycis, Curcumae Rhizoma, Saviae Miltiorrhizae Radix and Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride.
It can be combined with Fructus Trichosanthis, Bulbus Allii Macrostemi, and Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae for the treatment of chest obstruction due to blood stasis and heartache.
Yujin and alum can be used for various syndromes such as madness, convulsion and epilepsy caused by phlegm-heat stagnation.
Commonly used Chinese patent medicines include Xiao Ping Capsule, Su Nan Shan Du Tong Pill, Liganlong Granule and Hewei Tablet.
Safflower Xin Wen; Heart tropism and liver meridian. This product is good at promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging meridians, relieving swelling and pain, and has strong medicinal properties. Can be used for treating blood stasis, especially for patients with common cold. It is mainly used for amenorrhea due to blood stasis, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis abdominal pain, abdominal mass accumulation, chest obstruction and heartache, blood stasis abdominal pain, hypochondriac pain, traumatic injury, blood stasis swelling and pain, blood stasis dark spot, as well as dysmenorrhea, cancer pain, angina pectoris of coronary heart disease, acute and chronic sprain and contusion, hepatitis, traumatic blood stasis swelling and pain, erythema nodosum, etc.
This product can nourish blood and replenish blood when used sparingly, and promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis when used frequently; Improper use can lead to poisoning. It should not be combined with antihypertensive drugs, aspirin and norepinephrine, nor with drugs with nephrotoxicity such as Aristolochia manshuriensis, Stephania tetrandra and Aristolochia. Pregnant women and those with menorrhagia are prohibited.
Clinical application of safflower
For dysmenorrhea, it can be used alone or combined with Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Rhizoma Corydalis and Rhizoma Cyperi to regulate qi, promote blood circulation and relieve pain.
For amenorrhea, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra and Semen Persicae can be combined, such as Taohong Siwu Decoction;
For postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, it can be combined with Lotus Leaf, Pollen Typhae and Cortex Moutan.
For abdominal distension, it is often used with Sparganium, Zedoary Rhizome and Rhizoma Cyperi.
For chest obstruction and heartache, it is often combined with Guizhi, Trichosanthes and Danshen.
For hypochondriac pain and tingling, it can be used with peach kernel, Bupleurum root and rhubarb, such as Fuyuan Huoxue decoction;
It is an important medicine for treating traumatic injury and blood stasis swelling and pain, or made into safflower oil and safflower tincture. It can be combined with Radix Arnebiae and Folium Isatidis for clearing heat and cooling blood and penetrating rash to treat dark spots due to blood stasis and heat stagnation.
Leech tastes salty, bitter and flat; Liver meridian. This product is good at breaking blood, removing blood stasis and resolving symptoms, and is used for severe blood stasis. It is mainly used for treating amenorrhea due to blood stasis, abdominal mass, traumatic injury and chest pain, as well as liver cancer, liver cirrhosis, digestive tract tumor, breast cancer, ovarian mass, hysteromyoma, amenorrhea, soft tissue injury, coronary heart disease and angina pectoris.
This product contains hirudin, heparin, antithrombin and histamine-like substances. It is forbidden for people with physical deficiency and blood deficiency, pregnant women, menstruating women and those with bleeding tendency. It should not be combined with antihypertensive drugs; It is not suitable to take it with melon, which will aggravate the toxic reaction.
Clinical application of leech
Leech hematoxylin: suitable for traumatic injury, fracture and tendon injury, swelling and pain;
Leech with rhubarb is suitable for people with blood stasis, heartache and constipation;
For blood stasis, amenorrhea and abdominal mass accumulation, it is often combined with tabanus, Sparganium, Zedoary Rhizome, Peach Kernel and Safflower, such as Dangtang.
If you are weak at the same time, you can add drugs such as ginseng and angelica to replenish qi and blood, such as Huashi Huisheng Dan; Chinese patent medicines widely used in clinic include Naoxuekang Capsule and Tongxinluo Capsule.
Limited to space, I will introduce it here today, and the more commonly used drugs will be updated later. I believe that while we have a deep understanding of drugs, we also have a deeper understanding of rational drug use, which means that drugs have three aspects of toxicity, so we should use drugs carefully. If medication is needed, we will take it under the guidance of a professional doctor or pharmacist, which will greatly reduce the potential risk of medication.