Efficacy and Effects of Qiang Wu Sheng Dampness Tang

Qiangwu Sheng Dampness Tang is effective in dispelling wind, winning dampness and relieving pain (dispelling pain caused by excessive dampness), and is mainly used in treating paralysis caused by wind-dampness offending the surface. Qiangwu Sheng Dampness Tang is a traditional Chinese medicine formula composed of Qiangwu, Duhong, Fenghuang, Ligustrum and Glycyrrhiza Uralensis. It is mainly used for the treatment of paralysis caused by rheumatism and dampness, which is characterized by shoulder and back pain that cannot be recalled, headache and heaviness, or lumbar and spinal pain that makes it difficult to turn to the other side, with white moss, floating pulse, and so on. In this formula, Qiangwu and Duhu disperse wind-dampness, soothe the joints and relieve paralysis, as the principal medicine; Fangfeng and Ligustrum sweat and relieve pain and remove wind-dampness from the surface of the muscle, as the ministerial medicine; adjuvant to Chuanxiong invigorate the blood, dispel wind-dampness and relieve pain (dissipate the wind-evil and alleviate the pain in the muscles and bones), and combining with Bauhinia to promote the dispersion of wind-dampness in the upper part of the body to stop the headache; so that the licorice can harmonize the medicines (harmonize the properties of different traditional Chinese medicines). The whole formula is effective in dispelling wind, winning dampness and relieving pain. If Qiang Wu Sheng Dampness Tang is needed, it is recommended to take it after clear diagnosis by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.