Chinese / Pin Yin

川芎 Chuan Xiong

Common English Name

Szechwan Lovage Rhizome, Chuanxiong Root, Szechuan Lovage Root, Cnidium

Pharmaceutical Name

Chuanxiong Rhizoma

Standard Species

Ligusticum chuanxiong Hort. (Ligusticum wallichii Franch.)

Family

Apiaceae (Umbel-liferae)

Part

Rhizome

Specification

Ferulic acid >0.1%

Indications

Chest impediment and heart pain, stabbing pain in the chest and the hypochondrium, swelling and pain caused by injuries from falls, menstrual irregularities, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by aggregation and accumulation, headache, painful impediment caused by wind-dampness.

Actions

To activate blood and move qi, and dispel wind to relieve pain.