The Chinese medicine Chuanxiong is effective in promoting blood circulation and circulation of qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain, and is useful in the treatment of chest paralysis, stabbing pain in the chest and ribs, and swelling and pain.
Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong is pungent in taste, warm in nature, and can be applied to the liver, gallbladder and pericardium meridians. It has the medicinal properties of activating blood circulation and promoting circulation of qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain, which is suitable for the treatment of pain in stumbling and swelling, dysmenorrhea and menstrual disorders, stabbing pains of thoracic hypochondrium, chest paralysis, pains in the heart, pain in the mass in the abdomen, headache, and wind-dampness paralysis and pains.
It should be noted that Chuanxiong is pungent, warm, ascending and dispersing, and is contraindicated in headache with yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang, and should be used with caution in cases of excessive sweating and menorrhagia.
Chuanxiong specific medication should be under the guidance of a specialist, not unauthorized use of medication.