Traditional Chinese Medicine/Qiang Huo

notopterygium root (Chinese: 羌活, Pinyin: qiāng huó) Latin Name: Radix Et Rhizoma Notopterygii 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 Taste & Temperature: ../Xin-Spicy/ ../Ku-Bitter/ ../Wen-Warm/ ../Xiang-Aromatic/ 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) Similar Actions to: ../Gao Ben/ - Tai Yang headache ../Bai Zhi/ - Yang Ming headache, toothache, nasal congestion back to: ../TCM Materia Medica/ ../Xin Wen Jie Biao/ Notes