Traditional Chinese Medicine/Gao Ben
< Traditional Chinese MedicineChinese lovage root, ligusticum root
(Chinese name: 藁本)
Taste & Temperature:
Channels:
- Foot Tai Yang of Urinary Bladder
Actions & Indications:
- disperse Wind-Cold (Warm & Spicy)
- Expel Wind-Cold-Damp
- Stop headache
- Jue Yin headache (vertex)
Contraindications:
- Qi & Yin deficiency causing excessive sweating
- Blood/Yin deficiency, because it's drying
Caution:
- Yin syndrome
- Blood deficiency
- chronic skin infection
Dosage:
- 1-3 qian (3-9 grams)
Similar Actions to:
- Qiang Huo - specialist Tai Yang headache; upper body Wind-Damp Bi pain
- Bai Zhi - specialist Yang Ming headache, toothache, nasal congestion
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