Gao Ben
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Gao Ben in TCM:

Explore the properties of Gao Ben according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):


Factoids:
English Name: ligusticum, chinese ligusticum rhizome, jehlo ligusticum rhizome, Chinese lovage root
Pharmacuetical Name: Rhizoma Ligustici
Properties: acrid, warm


Temperature: warm

Channels: UB, LV

Flavors: pungent

Special Properties:
disperses cold, clears damp, disperses wind, alleviates bi syndrome


Actions / Indications:
  • Expels wind; disperses cold (wind-cold syndrome, headache due to dampness use with chuan xiong and xi xin especially for tai yang and jue yin headaches)
  • Disperse wind-cold-damp bi (wind-cold-damp bi obstructing circulation)

    Special Notes:
  • Pharmacologically Gao Ben is an antibiotic and anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory effects
  • Frontal and migraine headaches (Tai Yang and Jue Yin), combine with Xi Xin, Shi Gao, and Bai Zhi

Contraindications:
  • (cc: headaches due to blood or yin deficiency)