Chuanxiong Tea-Mixed Powder

太平惠民和劑局方

Bohe 8 qian; Chuanxiong, Jingjie 4 qian; Qianghuo, Baizhi, prepared Gancao 1 qian; Fangfeng 1.5 qian; Xixin 1 qian.

Grind the above into a fine powder. Take 2 qian (6 g) per dose after meals, mixed with clear tea. (Modern usage: grind together into a fine powder; take 6 g each time, twice daily, after meals with clear tea; it may also be used as a Decoction, with the dosage reduced proportionally according to the original formula.)

湯劑

Disperse wind and relieve pain.

Headache due to externally contracted wind pathogen. Symptoms include persistent headache, with pain either on one side or in the center, or at the vertex; or aversion to cold and fever, nasal congestion with profuse phlegm, dizziness and blurred vision, tearing when exposed to wind, occasional clear nasal discharge, thin white tongue coating, and a floating pulse.

Concussion with dizziness and headache: combine with Wuling San. -- Severe dizziness and headache from concussion: add Juhua 10, Jiangcan 10. -- Migraine in women: combine with Danggui Shaoyao San.

There are many causes of headache, with differences between external contraction and internal damage. For headaches caused by Qi deficiency, Blood deficiency, or Liver-Kidney Yin deficiency, Liver Yang ascending, internal stirring of Liver wind, etc., this formula should not be used.