Chuan Xiang

Ligusticum chuanziang Hort. Chuan Xiang (rhizome) Tetramethylpyrazine, perlolyrine, leucylphenylalanine anhydride, cnidilide, neocnidilide, ligustilide, acetylsalicylic acid, phthalide, benzoquinone.33-226-419-420 Promote blood flow, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. 

For irregular menstruation due to a combination of blood stasis and blood vacuity, add Si Wu Tang (Four Materials Decoction), i.e., Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui), Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao), prepared Radix Rehmanniae (Shu Di), and Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii (Chuan Xiang). 

Mu Xiang [Aucklandiae radix] can be replaced by Chuan Mu Xiang [Vladimirae... 

Hypochondriac pain and distension caused by Liver-Qi stagnation add Xiang Fu (Cyperi rhizoma) to spread the Liver-Qi and Chuan Lian Zi (Toosendan fructus) to drain the Liver-Qi and Liver-heat. 

She Xiang (Moschus) 0.15 g Cong Bai l/ llii fistulosi bulbus) 3 pieces Chi Shao Paeoniae radix rubra) 3 g Chuan Xiong (Chuanxiong rhizoma) 3 g Tao Ren (Persicae semen) 9 g Hong Hua (Carthami flos) 9 g Da Zao (Jujubae fructus) 7 pieces Alcohol... 

Chuan Xiong, Mo Yao and Xiang Fu are also used to stimulate the Qi so as to enhance the strength of eliminating the congealed blood, wind, cold and dampness. 

Chuan Lian Zi (Toosendan fructus), Xiang Fu (Gyperi rhizoma), Fo Shou (Gitri sarcodactylis fructus), Xiang Yuan (Gitri fructus) and Xuan Fu Hua (Inulae flos)... 

For severe abdominal pain, add Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi (Xiang Fu), Pericarpium Viridis Citri Reticulatae ( QingPi), and Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii (Chuan Xiong). This results in Chai Hu Xiang Fu Tang (Bupleurum Cyperus Decoction). 

For cold hernia pain due to cold and dampness attacking the small intestine, subtract Peony, Mint, and Bupleurum and add Fructus Meliae Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi), Fructus Evodiae Rutecarpae Wu Zhu Yu), Radix Saussureae Seu Vladimiriae Mu Xiang), and Fructus Foeniculi Vulgaris Xiao Hui Xiang). 

Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi Xiang Fu), 12g Rhizoma Atractylodis (Cang Zhu), 12g Rhizoma Ligustici Wallichii (Chuan Xiong), 12g Fructus Gardeniae Jasminoidis Zhi Zi), 12g Massa Medica Fermentata (Shen Qu), 12g... 

Also for hypochondrial and lateral costal pain, add Radix Bupleuri Chai Hu), Fructus Meliae Toosendan ( Chuan Lian Zi), Rhizoma Cyperi Rotundi Xiang Fu), and Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae Bai Shao). 

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