What are the effects and functions of Chuanxiong?

Chuanxiong is a commonly used Chinese medicinal material in clinical practice of traditional Chinese medicine. It is mainly used to promote qi and blood circulation, dispel wind and relieve pain. Moreover, this Chinese medicinal material has a very good therapeutic effect on patients with headaches, fever, and neuralgia. In particular, Chuanxiong has a certain effect in regulating menstruation, and it also has a good health care effect on female endocrine disorders.

Chuanxiong decoction has a certain effect on the experimental treatment of radiation sickness in animals. The crude water-soluble preparation of Chuanxiong has a protective effect against radiation irradiation and nitrogen mustard damage in rats, mice and dogs. Chuanxiong has inhibitory effects on large intestine, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi and Vibrio cholerae. Chuanxiong water is used to treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea, and is often used together with other medicines such as angelica.

Chuanxiong has the effect of enhancing blood circulation, which can accelerate the heart rate of animals, strengthen myocardial contractility, and dilate blood vessels. These effects increase with increasing dosage. Moreover, Chuanxiong has a very obvious effect in counteracting acute myocardial ischemia and hypoxia caused by Pit. Chuanxiong is pungent and fragrant and good at ascending. It can go up to the top of the head and has the effect of dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is an important medicine for treating headaches caused by wind. It can be used together with asarum, angelica dahurica, etc., and can also be appropriately combined according to which meridian the headache belongs to. For headaches caused by wind evil, if you use Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia, and Notopterygium wilfordii together, it can treat headaches caused by wind-cold colds; if you use them together with Chrysanthemum, Bombyx batryticatus, etc., it can treat headaches caused by wind-heat. In addition, this product has been commonly used clinically in recent years to treat angina pectoris caused by coronary heart disease.

In clinical practice, we also use Chuanxiong to inhibit the central nervous system, because Chuanxiong has a good sedative effect on the nervous system and has a very good effect on delaying the excitement of the respiratory central nervous system. From the current medical clinical perspective, Chuanxiong, as a traditional Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, has become quite popular. However, you must choose it according to your own constitution before using it.