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Ji Gu Xiang, 1lb
Ji Gu Xiang, 1lb
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Croton Root is an herb that invigorates the blood. It promotes circulation, alleviates pain, and reduces swelling.
Primary Actions and Uses
- Invigorates the blood and unblocks the channels: For traumatic injury, swelling, and pain due to blood stasis.
- Alleviates pain: For joint pain, arthralgia, and muscular aches related to stagnation of blood and qi.
- Reduces swelling and disperses stasis: For bruises, sprains, abdominal masses, and amenorrhea from blood stasis.
Context and Traditional Notes
- Pungent and bitter; warm in nature; enters the Liver and Spleen channels. Classified in TCM as an herb that invigorates the blood.
- Commonly used in topical and internal trauma formulas to address swelling and pain.
- Sometimes decocted alone for mild trauma or combined with other blood-moving herbs for more serious stasis conditions.
English Name: Radix Crotonis Crassifolii — Croton Root; Croton Crassifolius Root
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: Pungent, Bitter
Properties: Warm
Channels Entered: Liver, Spleen
Actions: Invigorates the blood; unblocks the channels; alleviates pain; reduces swelling; disperses stasis
Pattern: Blood stasis with pain and swelling; traumatic injury; joint pain; amenorrhea from stasis
Materia Medica: Invigorates the blood
Contraindications: Avoid in pregnancy or in those with blood deficiency without stasis
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