Wind-Cold-Dispersing Herbs

NameDu Heng (Herba Asari Forbesii)The Effect of 杜衡PropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung and kidney meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind and dissipate cold, alleviate pain, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.IndicationsHeadache due to wind-cold, rheumatic arthritis, phlegm and retained fluid, c

NameSheng Teng (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire plant of Stelmatocrypton khasianum (Benth.) H. Baill. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing on hilly scrubs, woods, and distributed in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of Sheng TengPropertySweet, pungent, warm;

NameSheng Teng (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton)SourcesThe drug is the dried entire plant of Stelmatocrypton khasianum (Benth.) H. Baill. (family Asclepiadaceae), growing on hilly scrubs, woods, and distributed in Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.The Effect of 生藤PropertySweet, pungent, warm; spleen

NameXi Xin (Herba Asari)The Effect of Xi Xin PropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung, kidney and heart meridians entered.ActionsRelieve exterior and dispel cold, dispel wind to alleviate pain, free nasal orifice and warm orifice and warm lung and relieve cough.IndicationsFor exterior syndrome du

NameXi Xin (Herba Asari)The Effect of 细辛PropertyPungent, warm, slightly toxic; lung, kidney and heart meridians entered.ActionsRelieve exterior and dispel cold, dispel wind to alleviate pain, free nasal orifice and warm orifice and warm lung and relieve cough.IndicationsFor exterior syndrome due to

NameGao Ben (Radices Ligustici Sinensis)The Effect of Gao Ben PropertyPungent, warm; lung meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, relieve damp and alleviate pain.IndicationsFor exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, headache due to wind-cold, and arthralgia due to wind-cold-damp.Dosage and Administra

NameGao Ben (Radices Ligustici Sinensis)The Effect of 藁本PropertyPungent, warm; lung meridian entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, relieve damp and alleviate pain.IndicationsFor exterior syndrome due to wind-cold, headache due to wind-cold, and arthralgia due to wind-cold-damp.Dosage and AdministrationsD

NameCong Xu (Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion)The Effect of Cong XuPropertyPungent, neutral; lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, remove toxicity, disperse stasis.IndicationsChiblain, haemorrhoids, headache caused by wind-cold, sore throat.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~9 g, or pounded

NameCong Xu (Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion)The Effect of 葱须PropertyPungent, neutral; lung meridians entered.ActionsDispel wind-cold, remove toxicity, disperse stasis.IndicationsChiblain, haemorrhoids, headache caused by wind-cold, sore throat.Dosage and AdministrationsDecoct 6~9 g, or pounded into

NameFang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae)——Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing (Shen Nong’s Herbal)The Processing of 防风OriginThe root of perennial herbaceous plant Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk. of family Umbelliferae.LocationMainly in the northeast of China and the east of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regi