Ligusticum chuanxiong is not suitable for people with: menorrhagia, pregnant women and bleeding disorders; people with yin deficiency and excessive fire should not take it. Therapeutic effects of Ligusticum chuanxiong: Ligusticum chuanxiong is pungent and warm in nature; it returns to the liver, gallbladder, and heart meridians; its aromatic powder has the functions of promoting blood circulation and promoting qi, dispelling wind and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia, retained afterbirth, and postpartum lochia and abdominal pain. , lumps, pain in the chest, chest and flanks, swelling and pain from bruises, headaches, dizziness, blindness, wind-cold-dampness, numbness of the limbs, carbuncles and sores. Foods that conflict with Ligusticum chuanxiong: Ligusticum chuanxiong hates astragalus, dogwood, and wolfsbane, and is afraid of saltpeter, talc, coptis, and anti-reed. Instructions on how to make Ligusticum Chuanxiong: 1. For irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, dystocia, postpartum lochia, abdominal pain, and lumps caused by blood stasis, a basic prescription can be made with Rehmannia glutinosa (or raw rehmannia), white peony root (red peony root), and angelica root, and then flavored according to the condition. 2. For headache caused by wind and cold, it can be combined with Schizonepeta, Fangfeng, Asarum, Angelica dahurica, etc. 1. Treatment of wind-heat headache: 5 grams of Chuanxiong and 10 grams of tea. Boil a cup of water for five minutes and take it hot before eating. ("Simple Recipe") 2. Treatment of abdominal pain in pregnancy (cell obstruction): 100 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 100 grams of donkey-hide gelatin, 100 grams of licorice, 150 grams of mugwort leaves, 150 grams of Chinese angelica, 200 grams of peony, and 300 grams of dried rehmannia glutinosa. Boil the right seven flavors with five liters of water and three liters of sake. Take three liters, remove the residue and remove the glue. Take one liter warmly. Take three times a day. If there is no bleeding, make more. (Jiaoai Decoction in "Synopsis of the Golden Chamber") 3. Treatment of postpartum hematoma: 50 grams of Angelica sinensis, 25 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 10 grams of Schizonepeta sinensis (fried black). Decoction in water. ("Qi Prescriptions") 4. Treatment of new labor pain: 40 grams of Angelica sinensis, 150 grams of Ligusticum chuanxiong, 14 peach kernels (peeled and grinded), 2.5 grams of black ginger, and 2.5 grams of Zhicao. Decoct half and half of rice wine and children's feces and take it. ("Fu Qingzhu Nvke" Shenghua Decoction) 5. Treats various wind attacks, dizziness and heavy head, partial headache, heavy nasal congestion, cold and strong fever, restless limb pain, muscle creep, diaphragm heat and phlegm, and women's blood and wind attack For scabies, temple pain, and feeling of wind: 400 grams of mint leaves (without fire), 200 grams each of Ligusticum chuanxiong and Schizonepeta officinalis (stemmed), 400 grams of Cyperus rotundus (fried) (50 grams of asarum and rhizome removed), parsnips (remove the reeds) 75 grams, 100 grams each of Angelica dahurica, Qianghuo, and licorice (爁); the medicine is finely powdered, take 5 grams each time, adjust it with tea after eating, and take it regularly to clear the head. ("Prescription" Ligusticum chuanxiong tea powder) 6. Treat migraine: rasp Jingxiong rhizome finely, soak it in wine and take it. ("Doumen Prescription") 7. To treat dizziness due to wind in the head, dizziness, external Yang Qi, wind and cold, phlegm in the stomach and diaphragm, headache, body fatigue: 500 grams of Chuanxiong, 200 grams of Gastrodia elata. The upper part is the powder, and the honey is refined into pills, and every two is made into ten pills. Take one pill each time, chew carefully, drink with tea and wine after eating. ("Xuanming Lunfang" Chuanxiong Pills) 8. To treat women who are pregnant in May and July and have a knock on the fetus due to something, or the baby is dead in the womb, with lochia, persistent pain, and silent desire. Use this medicine to detect it. If If there is no damage, the pain will stop, and both the fetus and mother are safe. If the fetus is damaged, the stool will be removed immediately: 300 grams of Angelica sinensis (wash, remove, cut, dry, and weigh), 200 grams of Chuanxiong (wash). Take the coarse powder, two qian each time, a small cup of water, fry it until it is dry, a large cup of wine, stop boiling, remove the residue, take it warmly, and drink it silently, just like a person who walks five or seven miles and then goes in, but only takes three times. Just give birth. ("The Essential Prescription" Buddha's Hand Song) 9. To treat postpartum abdominal pain: Ligusticum chuanxiong (wash and file), Guixin (without fire, file), Koxiang (file and dry), Angelica sinensis (remove reeds, wash and file, Baked), 50 grams each of peach kernels (peeled, sharpened and double kernels, fried until yellow). The top is fine powder. Take 5 grams each time, mixed with hot wine. If you don't want to drink, take a cup of water, two qian of powdered medicine, fry until seven minutes, and take it with heat. ("Healthy Family Prescriptions" Chuanxiong Powder) 10. Treat children with brain fever, good eye closure, sun pain or red and swollen eyes: 10 grams each of Chuanxiong, mint, and saltpeter, make powder and blow a little into the nose. ("The Heart of the Whole Child")