This class of drugs is mainly used for a variety of diseases caused by poor blood flow and blockage of blood vessels by stagnant blood. This class of drugs is mainly used for a variety of diseases caused by poor blood flow and blockage of blood vessels. Chuanxiong is one of the blood activators and pain relievers and is mostly used in clinical practice. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, “The human head is vaulted and poorly elevated, an image of heaven, and this medicine goes upward to treat all diseases of the mind, hence the name of rhizoma rhizoma.” Therefore, Chuanxiong is an important medicine for head wind, as Li Dong Yuan said, “Chuanxiong must be used for headache. And the name of Chuanxiong is said to have something to do with the King of Medicine! The story of the name of Chuanxiong is that in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, took his disciples on a trip to Qingcheng Mountain in Sichuan to collect medicinal herbs. One day, when they were tired, they took a break in the pine forest at the top of the mountain. Suddenly, they saw a large female crane playing with several small cranes by the mountain stream in the forest. The king of medicine was looking fascinated, suddenly heard a few small cranes screaming, only to see the large female crane head and neck hanging low, feet trembling, and constantly wailing. The medicine king immediately understood that the female crane is suffering from an emergency. The next morning, just as the day dawned, the medicine king master and disciple again to the pine forest. Not far from the crane nest, the nest of sick cranes moaning clearly identifiable. After another day, the master and disciple went to the pine forest again, but the cranes’ moaning could no longer be heard in the nest. Looking up, a few white cranes soaring in the air, a small white flower fell from the mouth, and a few leaves, much like the leaves of a red carrot. The medicine king asked his disciple to pick it up and keep it. A few days passed, the female crane’s body has completely recovered, leading the young cranes play as usual. The medicine king observed that the cranes love to go to the ancient cave of the topless cliff, where a green green grass, flowers, leaves are the same as those that fell from the mouth of the cranes in the past. The medicine king instinctively associated the healing of female cranes with this medicine. After experimenting, he found that this plant has the effect of activating blood circulation, dispelling wind and relieving pain, so he asked his disciple to bring this medicine down to the mountain and use it to treat patients, and it really worked. The Medicine King excitedly recited: “Qingcheng is the second cave in western Sichuan. The cranes passed by, and the medicine descended to the sky. This medicine is called ‘Chuanxiong’!” This is how the name “Chuanxiong” was derived. Source: The rhizome of Chuanxiong Ligusticum, family Umbelliferae. Origin: Mainly produced in Kou County, Sichuan, and cultivated throughout the country. Nature and Taste: Pungent, warm; ascribes to the liver, gall bladder and heart meridians. Effects: Promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind and relieving pain. Notes on use: Chuanxiong is evil to Huangqi, Shanzhu and Wolfsbane, and fears saltpeter, slippery stone and Huanglian, and opposes Liru. Chuanxiong Rhizoma Ligusticum Chuanxiong not only activates blood circulation and resolves blood stasis, but also moves qi to relieve pain, which is the “qi medicine in blood”. Therefore, Chuanxiong can be used clinically to treat: 1. blood stasis and qi stagnation, chest paralysis and heartache caused by stagnation of the heart veins, often used together with Salvia, Cinnamomum and Tanxiang. 2. 2. Promoting blood circulation and regulating menstruation. 3.Headache and rheumatism paralysis It can “move the head upward”, dispel wind and relieve pain, and is an important medicine for headache, regardless of wind-cold, wind-heat, rheumatism, blood deficiency and blood stasis headache. It is often used in combination with Angelica dahurica and Tianma.