You can drink Chuanxiong during menstruation, excessive menstruation with caution, specific need to follow the doctor’s instructions for reasonable application.
The efficacy of chuanxiong is to relieve pain, wind, qi and blood, especially for blood stasis menstrual closure (due to blood stasis obstruction caused by menstrual closure), dysmenorrhea, postpartum not bad, stagnant abdominal pain, etc., for gynecological blood regulating the key medicines.
It is often combined with peach kernel, safflower and angelica to treat blood stasis, menstrual cramps and dysmenorrhea. It is also used to treat menstrual irregularities and dysmenorrhea due to deficiency of yang qi (unable to warm the Chong and Ren veins), stagnation and obstruction, and is often used together with Wu Zhu Zhu, Gui Zhi, and Angelica Sinensis.
Chuanxiong is pungent, warm, ascending and dispersing, and is contraindicated in cases of headache due to yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang. Caution should be exercised in cases of excessive sweating and menorrhagia.
Women with irregular menstruation and dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis may take Rhizoma Ligusticum Chuanxiong under the supervision of a physician, but it should not be used if menstruation is excessive. Do not take this product on your own.