This product is the rhizome and root of the perennial herbaceous plant Notopterygium (Notopterygium incisum Ting ex H. T. Chang) and broad-leaved Notopterygium (Notopterygium forbesii Bpiss.) of the Umbelliferae family. Mainly produced in Sichuan, Gansu and Zinan. It is mostly collected in early spring and autumn, dried and sliced ​​for raw use.

[Property]

Acrid and bitter, warm. act on bladder and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

Dispelling cold, dispelling wind, overcoming dampness and relieving pain.

[Indications]

1. It is used for wind-cold, common cold, headache and body aches. This product is pungent and warm, with powerful and dispersing Qi. It is mainly used for dispelling great yang wind evil and cold-dampness evil, and has dispelling effects of cold. Wind has the power to overcome dampness and relieve pain, so it is good at treating wind-cold dampness evil attacking the surface, aversion to cold with fever, muscle surface without sweating, headache, strong neck, and limb pain. It is often used with Saposhnikovia Root, Asarum, Atractylodes Rhizome, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome and other medicines can be used together, such as Nine-lngredient Notopterygium Decoction; If the cold-dampness is severe and the headache is heavy body, you can use combination of medicinals Pubescent Angelica, Chinese Lovage, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome and other drugs, such as Notopterygium Overcoming Dampness Decoction.
2. For wind-cold-dampness impediment, shoulder and arm pain. This product is pungent, dispelling wind, bitter and drying dampness. It is warm in nature and dispels cold. It can remove wind-cold dampness evil, relieve joint pain and relieve pain. The action site is upward, so it is good at treating wind-cold-dampness impediment above the waist, especially It is better for those with pain in the shoulder, back and limb joints. Duowu Saposhnikovia Root, Turmeric, Chinese Angelica and other medicines can be used together, such as Impediment-Alleviating Decoction.

[Documentation]

1. "Medicinal Methods" "Treatment of wind-cold-dampness impediment, soreness, dizziness, difficulty in stretching the neck."
2. Tangye Bencao: "Notopterygium Qi Xiong It can cure great yang mutual contention of wind and dampness, headache, joint pain, and general pain. It cannot be cured except by this method."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~10g.

[Precaution]

1. This product has a strong smell and may easily cause vomiting or spleen-stomach weakness if used in excess. It should not be taken by those with spleen-stomach weakness.
2. Use with caution in patients with blood deficiency, arthralgia, and yin deficiency headache.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product combines volatile oil, β-sitosterol, parsley B, organic acids and alkaloids, etc. Notopterygium injection has analgesic and antipyretic effects, and has inhibitory effects on dermatophytes and Brucella bacteria. The water-soluble portion of Notopterygium has antiarrhythmic effects. Volatile oil also has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and antipyretic effects, and can resist myocardial ischemia caused by pituitary hormone and increase myocardial nutritional blood flow.