Qiang Huo
羌活 qiāng huó

Category:

Release the Exterior (Diaphoretics)

Warm Acrid Herbs that Release Exterior

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid , Bitter		Dosage: 3-9g
	Aromatic
	Cautions: Contraindicated for Blood-deficient Painful Obstruction		Meridians: Urinary Bladder , Kidney
	Preparation: • always used clinically in its unprepared form to preserve the strong, acrid aroma that is the vehicle for its therapeutic effect		Quality: Best quality - short internodes forming dense annulations like a silkworm; Good quality - coarse, dark brown, aromatic roots with and has a cross section with many oily brown dots
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (25) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chuān xiōng chá tiáo sǎn (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Powder to be Taken with Gree) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà qiāng huó tāng (Major Notopterygium Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) Huo Xue Zhi Tong San (Move Blood Stop Pain Powder) jīng fáng bài dú sǎn (Schizonepeta & Ledebouriella Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-herb Decoction with Notopterygium) Jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium from the Analytic Collection) juān bì tāng (Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction) qiāng huó shèng shī tāng (Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness) Qiāng Lán Tāng (Notopterygium and Isatis Root Decoction) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) rén shēn bài dú sǎn (Ginseng Power to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) shēng yáng yì wèi tāng (Raise the Yang and Benefit the Stomach Decoction) shū fēng huò xuè tāng (Disperse Wind and Invigorate Blood Decoction) shū jīng huó xuè tāng (Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Imperial Grace Formulary) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Effecctive Formulas) xiè qīng wán (Drain the Green Pill ) xīn yí sǎn (Magnolia Flower Powder) yín qiáo bài dú sǎn (Honeysuckle and Forsythia Powder to Overcome Pathogenic Influences) yù zhēn sǎn (True Jade Powder) zài zào sǎn (Renewal Powder)

Family:

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Rhizoma et Radix Notopterygii

Botanical: Notopterygium Incisum Ting Ex H.t. Chang, Notopterygium Forbesii Boiss.

Japanese: kyōkatsu

Korean: kanghwal

Common: notopterygium root, chiang-huo

Temperature: Warm

	+2 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Alleviates pain add comment

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Disperses cold add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Releases the exterior add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Guides Qi to the Tai Yang and Du Channels add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Body aches add comment

	+2 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dampness with joint pain add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) General feeling of heaviness or sleepiness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Pain in the occipital region add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Wind cold damp bi in upper limbs and back add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Fever and chills add comment

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Qiang Huo
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