Qiang Huo (Notopterygium incisum)

羌活qiāng huóQianghuo

Notopterygium incisum · Plant

Apioideae, standing in for Notopterygium incisum
This photo shows Apioideae, not Notopterygium incisum: Wikimedia Commons has no freely licensed photo of it. Photo: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen (text on p. 154, illustrations in back), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications

Cautions

May increase bleeding risk; avoid with blood thinners; may cause photosensitivity; avoid during pregnancy.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Qiang Huo for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

EdemaExternally Contracted Wind-coldHeadache Without SweatingRelieve PainToxin Swelling Of SoresWind-cold-damp Impediment

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Qiang Huo does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Disinhibit JointsDispel Wind & Eliminate DampDissipate Cold & Resolve Exterior

Other entries for Notopterygium incisum

Broad-leaved Notopterygium 宽叶羌活Soil Notopterygium 土羌活Yunnan Notopterygium 云南羌活