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Traditional Chinese Medicine/Fang Feng
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Meaning of Name:
Fang-Guard Against
Feng-Wind
English Name:
Saposhnikovia root
Ledebouriella root
Chinese Name:
防风 (Pinyin: fáng fēng)
Latin Name:
Radix Ledebouriellae Divaricatae
Taste & Temperature:
../Xin-Spicy/
../Gan-Sweet/
slightly ../Wen-Warm/
Channels (all foot channels b/c root?)
Foot Tai Yang of Urinary Bladder
Foot Jue Yin of Liver
Foot Tai Yin of Spleen
Actions & Indications:
Disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy)
Expel Wind-Cold-Damp
expel Wind-Damp, stop pain
stop spasm
used for migraine headache
Expel Wind-Cold or Wind-Heat
Contraindications:
Qi or Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
spasm due to Blood deficiency
Yin deficiency with Heat
Caution:
Yin syndrome
Blood deficiency
chronic skin infection
Antagonize:
Gan Jiang
Li lu
Counteract:
Bei Xie
Dosage:
1-3 qian (3-9 grams)
Friend:
../Jing Jie/ - used together often
Similar Actions To:
../Zi Su Ye/ - specialist, disperse Cold
../Jing Jie/ - specialist, any Wind
back to:
../Xin Wen Jie Biao/
../TCM Materia Medica/