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Qiang Huo - Lab Tested, 1lb

Qiang Huo - Lab Tested, 1lb

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Notopterygium release the exterior and disperses cold; Guides qi to the greater yang channel and Governing vessel - Bensky


Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

  • Releases the exterior and disperses cold: for exterior cold patterns with such symptoms as chills, fever, headache, body aches and pains. Most commonly used when accompanied by dampness with joint pain, a general feeling of heaviness, sleepiness. or when there is pain the the occipital regions as in Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium (jiu wei qiang huo tang).*
  • Guides qi the the greater yang channel and Governing vessel: to direct other herbs in a prescription to the areas served by these two channels.*

English Name: Notopterygium Root & Rhizome; Chiang Huo
Chinese Name: Qiang Huo
Unit Size: 1 pound
Potency: 1:1
Taste: acrid, bitter - Bensky
Properties: aromatic, warm - Bensky
Channels Entered: Bladder, Kidney - Bensky
Actions: Release the exterior and disperses cold; Guides qi to the greater yang channel and Governing vessel - Bensky
Pattern: Exterior cold
Chinese Symptomology: chills, fever, headache, body aches, pains, joint pain, a general feeling of heaviness, sleepiness, pain in the occipital region - Bensky
Materia Medica: Release the Exterior
Contraindications: Contraindicated for blood-deficient painful obstruction - Bensky


Ingredients

Qiang Huo - Notopterygium Root

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