Jiuchuanxiong is the processed Chuanxiong with wine. Chuanxiong is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, which is derived from the dried rhizome of the umbrella plant Chuanxiong. Jiuchuanxiong is made by soaking Chuanxiong with wine, steaming or stewing after softening, and then slicing. The nature and taste of Chuanxiong are pungent and warm, which belong to the liver channel, gallbladder channel and pericardium channel. Ligusticum chuanxiong is mainly used to activate blood and qi, dispel wind and relieve pain. It is clinically used to treat chest pain, heartache, chest and hypochondriac stabbing pain or swelling pain caused by bruises and injuries, as well as women's irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, headache, rheumatic arthralgia, etc. It is a very widely used traditional Chinese medicine. After being roasted with wine, its effect of activating blood and qi has been enhanced, and its effect of activating blood and removing stasis will be better. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Chuanxiong has pharmacological effects such as improving blood rheology, expanding blood vessels, resisting myocardial ischemia and cerebral ischemia. It should be noted that Chuanxiong is a spicy and fragrant lifting powder. Patients with headache due to yin deficiency and yang hyperactivity should use it cautiously, and patients with excessive sweating should not use it. Because of its strong effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, pregnant women should also use it carefully.
