Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San (2053)

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Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San (2053)

【Ingredients
Concentrated granules per 10g】

Ligusticum chuanxiong costs 3 cents and 2 cents, mint 8 cents, asarum 8 cents, parsnips 1 cent and 6 cents, qianghuo 1 cent and 6 cents, licorice costs 1 cent and 6 cents, angelica dahurica 1 cent and 6 cents, Schizonepeta 1 cent and 2 cents

【effect】

Disperse wind evil, clear away heat and relieve pain.
【Indications】

Headache caused by exogenous wind evil. Symptoms include headaches that are long-lasting, partial or in the center, or apex pain, or aversion to cold and fever, nasal congestion and excessive phlegm, dizziness, tears due to wind, sometimes clear runny nose, thin white tongue coating, and floating pulse.

【Fang Yi】

In the prescription, Ligusticum chuanxiong is good at treating headaches in Shaoyang and Jueyin meridian; Qianghuo is good at treating headaches in Taiyang meridian; Angelica dahurica is good at treating headaches in Yangming meridian; Asarum, peppermint, Schizonepeta, and Fangfeng can ascend and disperse wind evil in the head. Mint can be used with tea, Cooling and cold, clearing the head and head, clearing the upper part and descending, licorice harmonizes with other medicines. It has a good effect on narcolepsy caused by insufficient oxygen and blood supply to the head.

[Key points of syndrome differentiation]

1.
Exogenous migraine.

2.
Fever and aversion to cold.

3.
Dizziness and stuffy nose.

4.
The tongue coating is thin and white.

5.
Floating pulse.

[Addition and subtraction]

1.
Headache caused by wind-heat: add chrysanthemum, mulberry leaves, and silkworms.

2.
Headache caused by wind-cold: add ginger and perilla leaves.

3.
Dizziness: Add Gastrodia elata and Ligusticum baicalensis.

4.
Chronic nasal disease: add Xanthium barbadensis and Xanthium vulgare.

5.
Nervous headache: add Vitex officinale and Tribulus terrestris.

6.
Dizziness caused by thinking: Take Xiaoyao Powder.

7.
Dizziness due to wind chill: Heyu Pingfeng Powder.

【Modern Application】

This prescription is analgesic, sedative, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and enhances the body's (especially the brain's) ability to withstand hypoxia. Used for colds, migraines, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, dizziness, nasal congestion, excessive phlegm, and narcolepsy.