Channel conductor

A medicinal that conducts the action of other medicinals to specific channels of the body. Channel conduction is one aspect of the actions of conductors. The main conductors for each of the channels are presented below. See sovereign, minister, assistant, and courier.

Channel Conductors

Greater yáng (tài yáng) (太阳)

• 羌活 (qiāng huó) notopterygium (Notopterygii Rhizoma et Radix)
• 防风 (fáng fēng) Saposhnikovia (Saposhnikoviae Radix)
• 藁本 (gǎo běn) Chinese lovage (Ligustici Rhizoma)

Yáng brightness (yáng míng) (阳明)

• 升麻 (shēng má) cimicifuga (Cimicifugae Rhizoma)
• 葛根 (gé gēn) pueraria (Puerariae Radix)
• 白芷 (bái zhǐ) Dahurian angelica (Angelicae Dahuricae Radix)

Lesser yáng (shào yáng) (少阳)

• 柴胡 (chái hú) bupleurum (Bupleuri Radix)
• 蔓荆子 (màn jīng zǐ) vitex (Viticis Fructus)

Greater yīn (tài yīn) (太阴)

• 苍朮 (cāng zhú) atractylodes (Atractylodis Rhizoma)

Lesser yīn (shào yīn) (少阴)

• 独活 (dú huó) pubescent angelica (Angelicae Pubescentis Radix)

Reverting yīn (jué yīn) (厥阴)

• 细辛 (xì xīn) asarum (Asari Rhizoma et Radix)
• 川芎 (chuān xiōng) chuanxiong (Chuanxiong Rhizoma)
• 青皮 (qīng pí) unripe tangerine peel (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride)