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title: "Chuan Xiong"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/443/chuan-xiong"
---

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# Chuan Xiong

### Chuanxiong Rhizoma

_acrid, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Circulate Blood**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Gynecological disorders
 - Dysmenorrhea
 - Amenorrhea
 - Labor delays
 - Retained lochia
- Pain
 - Sore chest
 - Flank pain
 - Hypochondria pain
 - Headache
- Dizziness
- Skin disorders

Chuan Xiong is acrid and warm to get the blood moving. It enters
the liver, gallbladder, and pericardium systems.

As a blood mover, Chuan Xiong is useful in treat gynecological
disorders that involve the stagnation of blood.

Chuan Xiong has a particular affinity towards moving blood in
the head and is used for all types of headache.

**Channels:** liver, gallbladder, pericardium

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Migraine
- Angina pain
- Pain in the flanks
- Arthritis
- Difficult labor
- Menstrual disorders
- Antimicrobial
- High blood pressure
- Vertigo

**Formulas:**
- Ai Fu Nuan Gong Wan
- Ba Zhen Tang
- Bao Chan Wu You Fang
- Bu Gan Tang
- Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang
- Cang Fu Dao Tan Tang
- Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang
- Chai Hu Shu Gan San
- Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San
- Da Qin Jiao Tang
- Dang Gui Shao Yao San
- Dang Gui Yin Zi
- Die Da Wan
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
- Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
- Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
- Hai Zao Yu Hu Tang
- Jiao Ai Tang
- Jing Qian Fang
- Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang
- Qi Gong Wan
- Qi Zhen San
- Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang
- Ren Shen Bai Du San
- Ren Shen Zi Xue Tang
- Shao Fu Zhu Yu Tang
- Shen Qi Si Wu Tang
- Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
- Sheng Hua Tang
- Sheng Yu Tang
- Shi Quan Da Bu Tang
- Shi Wei Bai Du San
- Shu Gan Tang
- Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang
- Si Wu Ma Zi Ren Wan
- Si Wu Tang
- Suan Zao Ren Tang
- Tai Shan Pan Shi San
- Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
- Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang
- Wen Jing Tang
- Wu Ji San
- Xia Ru Yong Quan San
- Xiang Ai Xiong Gui Yin
- Xin Yi San
- Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
- Yi Gan San
- Yue Ju Wan
- Zai Zao San

**Contraindications:** use Chuan Xiong cautiously when
prescribing to pregnant patients and with those who bleed
easily, do not prescribe to patients with yin deficiency fire
patterns

**Zoo Image:** a roadrunner with a gynecological banner between its legs is
running away from a house that fell from a tornado onto a witch’s head, there
are qi butterflies

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