Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

chuān mù xiāng / 川木香 / 川木香 / common vladimiria

Latin pharmacognostic name: Vladimiriae Radix

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Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Qì-rectifying agents

Properties: Acrid, bitter; warm.

Channel entry:

Indications:

Chuān mù xiāng moves qì and relieves pain. Treats abdominal distension and pain; rumbling intestines; diarrhea and tenesmus; pain and discomfort in the rib-side.

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 3–9g. Topical: grind to a powder.

Notes:

This is one form of mù xiāngchange to pinyinXXX.

Product Area:

Vladimiria soulei: Western Sìchuān and Tibet.

See also:

mù xiāng (木香 Aucklandiae Radix, costusroot); 青木香