Guangxi Turmeric Root Tuber Curcumae Radix (广郁金)
Medicines that activate blood and resolve stasisCold
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Traditional recorded function
Invigorate Blood and relieve pain, move Qi and resolve stagnation, cool the Blood and clear the Heart, promote gallbladder function and resolve jaundice.
1. Used for chest, hypochondriac, and abdominal pain due to Blood stasis and Qi stagnation. 2. Used for coma in febrile disease, epilepsy, etc. 3. Used for liver-gallbladder Damp-heat patterns. 4. Used for Liver Qi stagnation transforming into fire, qi-fire ascending counterflow, causing frenetic movement of blood with hematemesis, epistaxis, and vicarious menstruation in women, etc.
Nature & taste
PungentBitterCold
Meridians entered
HeartGallbladderLiver
Herbal properties
ColdReducingDispersing
Found in these formulas
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