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chuan xiong

by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

 

Pharmaceutical name: Radix Ligustici Chuanxiong
Biological name: Ligusticum chuanxion Hort.; L. wallichii Franch.
Pron. in Japanese: senkyu
Pron. in Korean: chonkung
Pron. in Cantonese: chun kong
Common Name: Szehuan lovage root, cnidium
Distribution: Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi
Properties (characteristics) acrid, warm

味辛,性溫。

Channels (meridians) entered: liver, gallbladder, pericardium
Actions & Indications: Promotes qi and circulation. Relieves pain: like in headaches. Rids of blood stasis.
Medical Function:藥理:

1. dilates coronary arteries, improves blood flow to heart muscles, lower oxygen consumption of heart muscles. 2. improves blood flow to the the brain and limbs, lower resistant of the peripheral blood vessels. 3. resists radiation. 4. antibiotic effect 5. anti-coagulation of platelets.
(1)有擴張冠狀動脈、增加冠狀動脈血流量及,心肌血流量、降低心肌耗氧量的作用
(2)有增加腦及肢體血流量、降低外周血壓阻力的作用
(3)抗輻射
(4)抗菌

(5)抑制血小板聚集

Chemical ingredients: cnidiumlactone, chuanxingol, 4-hyroxy-3-butylidene-phthalide, 4, 5-dihydro-3-butylidene-phthalide, 3-butyl-phthalide, 7-hydroxy-3-butylidenephthalide, 3-butyl-4, 5-dihydrophthalide, (Z)-4, 5-dihydro-6, 7-trans-dihydroxy-3-butylidene-phthalide, (Z) -4, 5-dihydro-6, 7-cis-dihydroxy-3-butylidene-phthalide, senkyunolide K, senkyunolide L, senkyunolide M, (Z) -6, 7-epoxy-ligustilide; 3, 6, 7-trihydroxy-4, 5, 6, 7-tetrahydro-3-butyl-phthalide; neocnidilide; 3-n-butyl-3-hydroxyl-4, 5, 6, 7-tetrahydro-6, 7-dihydroxyphthalide.

2. (Z, Z') -diligustilide;(Z) -6.8', 7.3'-diligustilide; Wallichilide; (Z')-3, 8-dihydro-6. 6', 7. 3' a-diligustilide.

3. chuanxingzine, tetramethyl-pyrazine, L-isoleucine-L-valine anhydride, adenine, L-valine-L-valine anhydride, trimethylamine, choline, perlolyrine.

3. ferulic acid, sedanonic acid, folic acid, vanillic acid, caffeic acid, protocatechuic acid, palmitic acid, linolenic acid, chrysophanol.

4. methyl phenylacetate, sedanoic acid lactone, methyl pentadecanoate, ethyl  p entadecanoate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl heptadecanoate, ethyl isohepta- decanoate, ethyl octadecanoate, ethyl isoctadecanoate, methyl palmitate, methyl linolenate.

5. vanillin; (bis-5, 5'-formylfurperye ether; 5-hydroxymethyl-6-endo-3'-methoxy-4'-hydroxyphenyl-8-0xa-abicyclo (3, 2, 1)-oct-3-en-2-one; spathulenol; β-sitosterol;vitamin A.

Dosage:

用量:

3 ~10 g.

3~10克。

Samples of formulae: shi quan da bu tang, ren shen bai du san, du huo ji sheng tang, si wu tang, yue ju wan, xue fu zhu yu tang, wen jing tang, suan zao ren tang
Modern  Applications: coronary diseases, angina

現代用於冠心病、心絞痛及缺血性胸血管病。

Cautions:

禁忌:

do not use in cases of yinxu (yin deficient) with high fire, headache or hypermenorrhea caused by liver yang overactive.
陰虛火旺、肝陽上亢所引起的頭痛及月經過多者忌服。

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Last update: July 10, 2003