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Chinese lovage [root]
藁本 〔藁本〕gǎo běn
Latin pharmacognostic name: Ligustici Rhizoma
Alternate English names: Chinese ligusticum [root]
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Ligusticum sinense Oliv.; Ligusticum jeholense Nakai et Kita. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)
Origin (other sources): Ligusticum sinense Oliv.*; Ligusticum jeholense Nakai et Kitag.*; Ligusticum tenuissimum (Nakai) Kitag.; Angelica cartilagino-marginata (Mak.) Nakai; Conioselinum vaginatum (Spr.) Thell.; Ligusticum delavayi Franch.; Sium suave Walt.
Use: Medicinal
Category: Exterior-resolving agents / Warm acrid exterior-resolving agents
Properties: Acrid; warm.
Channel entry: Bladder channels.
Indications:
- Effuses the exterior and disperses cold; relieves pain: Headache, in particular acute vertex headache, headache with pain stretching into the teeth, and hemilateral headache due to external contraction of wind-cold.
- Dispels wind-damp and relieves pain: Wind-cold; damp impediment with joint pain.
Dosage & Method: Oral: 3–10g in decoctions.
Warnings: Contraindicated in blood vacuity headache and heat patterns.
Quality: The best quality is yellow in color, with a hollow core and has a clean shiny appearance.
Product Area: Liáoníng, Shānxī, Shǎnxī (Shaanxi), Húběi, and Sìchuān.
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