川芎·Rhizoma Chuanxiong
Chuanxiong Root
Chuan Xiong (川苎) is Sichuan lovage, a plant of the carrot family, recorded as Rhizoma Chuanxiong. It is acrid in flavour and warm in temperature, entering the Liver, Gallbladder and Pericardium channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that invigorate the Blood.
| Pinyin | chuan xiong |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 川芎 |
| Latin Name | Rhizoma Chuanxiong |
| English Name | Chuanxiong Root·cnidium·Sichuan lovage root·Sichuan lovage root; chuanxiong root; cnidium |
| Japanese | senkyu |
| Korean | cheongung |
Blood Stasis together with Qi Stagnation
Blood Deficiency with menstrual problems such as amenorrhea, scanty periods and dysmenorrhea; pain, numbness and paralysis where invading Wind-Damp blocks the vessels; nourishes, harmonizes and invigorates Blood and breaks up Blood Stasis
Abdominal pain with menstruation; traumatic pain; Blood Stagnation headache
dang gui + gui zhi + wu zhu yu
Insufficiency of the Chong and Ren with Cold, causing lower abdominal pain during periods
Retained lochia.
Postpartum Blood Stasis.
Liver Qi and Blood Stagnation causing chest pain and/or headaches
Numbness of the limbs.
Wind-Cold invasion with headache
qiang huo + gao ben + fang feng + jiang can
Wind-Damp lateral headache.
Jue Yin Headache.
Jue Yin headache.
sheng di huang + bai shao + dang gui
Blood Deficiency headaches
Angina pectoris.
Wind-Cold headache; Shao Yin Cold headache; pain and swelling from trauma, boils and sores
Shao Yang headache.
du huo + hai feng teng + dang gui
Wind-Cold-Damp Bi.
Joint and limb pain from external Wind-Cold: expels Wind-Damp, warms the channels and collaterals, eases joint movement and relieves Bi pain
Headache from Damp-Heat constrained in the Liver channel: raises clear Yang and sends turbid Qi down, moves Qi, invigorates Blood, clears Heat and removes Damp
dang gui + bai shao + chong wei zi + yi mu cao
Menstruation that is irregular, arriving early or late
Irregular periods with Blood Heat
Cold in the Blood with irregular periods
Epistaxis during menstruation.
Amenorrhea.
dang gui + xiang fu + cang zhu + zhi ban xia + ju hong + chi fu ling + zhi tian nan xing + zhi shi + zhi gan cao + sheng jiang
Obesity with amenorrhea from accumulated Phlegm-Damp
dang gui + tao ren + hong hua + bai shao
Blood Stasis with dysmenorrhea
gui zhi + wu zhu yu + mu dan pi + dang gui
Deficiency Cold of the Chong and Ren channels, with dysmenorrhea, scanty flow and a cold feeling in the abdomen
dang gui + huai niu xi + gui ban
Difficult labor.
dang gui + tao ren + pao jiang + zhi gan cao
Blood Stasis with Blood Deficiency and Cold, causing continuous bleeding after childbirth
chai hu + xiang fu + bai shao + zhi ke
Liver Qi Stagnation with hypochondriac pain and distention of the chest and epigastrium
tao ren + hong hua + dang gui + chai hu
Blood Stagnation with sharp, stabbing pain of the chest and hypochondrium
huang qi + di long + hong hua + dang gui
Paralysis and numbness of the limbs
huang qi + dang gui + zao jiao ci
Chronic sores that fail to heal, with or without pus, in deficient patients
Wind-Cold headaches.
Wind-Heat headaches.
Severe headache without Interior Fire
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any 3-10g; Powder: 1-1.5g; Tincture: 1-3ml | 3-10 g | — | 1-3 ml | — | — |
川芎·Rhizoma Chuanxiong - Stir Fried
Chuan xiong zhi (川芎) is the dry-fried form of chuan xiong, an Apiaceae species supplied as Rhizoma Chuanxiong Preparata. The catalogue files it among the substances that invigorate the Blood, and records it as entering the Liver, Gallbladder and Pericardium channels.
The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows chuan xiong.