---
title: "Fang Feng"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/470/fang-feng"
---

 ![fang feng, saposhnikoviae radix.jpg](/u/fang-feng-saposhnikoviae-radix-RtPbxE.jpg) 

# Fang Feng

### Saposhnikoviae Radix

_acrid, sweet, slightly warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Release the Exterior for Cold Attack**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Common cold
 - Headache
 - Chills
 - Body aches
- Trembling
- Tetany
- Diarrhea
- Migraine

Fang Feng is acrid, sweet, and slightly warm to treat all conditions
involving wind including interior and exterior attacks, skin
disorders, and gastrointestinal pathologies especially diarrhea with
bright red blood.

**Channels:** bladder, liver, spleen

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Diarrhea
- Gas
- Bleeding stool
- Tremors
- Headache
- Common cold
- Joint pain
- Rash
- Antimicrobial

**Formulas:**
- Bai Zhu Shao Yao San
- Chai Hu Qing Gan Tang
- Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San
- Da Qin Jiao Tang
- Dang Gui Nian Tong Tang
- Dang Gui Yin Zi
- Du Huo Ji Sheng Tang
- Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
- Gui Zhi Shao Yao Zhi Mu Tang
- Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang
- Juan Bi Tang
- Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang
- Shi Wei Bai Du San
- Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang
- Tong Xie Yao Fang
- Xian Fang Huo Ming Yin
- Xiao Feng San
- Xie Huang San
- Xin Yi San
- Yu Ping Feng San
- Yu Zhen San
- Zai Zao San
- Zhen Ren Huo Ming Yin

**Contraindications:** do not prescribe Fang Feng to patients
that present with spasms when the spasms are due to patterns of
blood deficiency or extreme deficiency heat

**Zoo Image:** a shaking porcupine on a hand glider in the rain is flying into a
lamp post while having bloody diarrhea and his liver and spleen are diving

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