Description

Pharmaceutical name:
rhizoma seu radix notopterygii

botanical name:
notopterygium incisium ting ex h. T. Chang
notopterygium forbesii boiss.

common name:
notopterygium root

source of earliest record:
yaoxing lun

part used & method for pharmaceutical preparations:
the root or rhizome, is dug, in the early spring or autumn, dried and cut into slices.

properties and taste:
pungent, bitter and warm

meridian:
kidney and urinary bladder

functions:
to release the exterior and disperse cold
to dispel wind and eliminate dampness
to stop pain

indications and combinations:
1. Wind-cold exterior syndrome manifested by chills, fever, headache, and sever general pain.
*use with ledebouriella root (fangfeng), dahurian angelica root (baizhi) and atractylodes rhizome (cangzhu).

2. Wind-cold-damp bi syndrome manifested as joint pain and soreness and pain in the shoulders and upper back.
*use with ledebouriella root (fangfeng) and turmeric (jianghuang).

dosage:
3-10 g

cautions:
the herb is contraindicated in joint pain due to deficient blood and headache due to deficient yin.