Medicinal roots of Linderastrychnifolia (Sieb.etZucc.) Vill., a Lauraceae shrub or small tree.

Nature, flavor and meridian distribution are pungent and warm. Returns to the spleen, lung, kidney, and bladder meridians.

Effects: promoting qi, relieving pain, warming kidneys and dispersing cold.

Clinical application 1. Used for chest and abdominal distension and pain, cold hernia and abdominal pain and menstrual abdominal pain.

Wuyao is pungent and warm, good at dredging the qi. It has the function of dispersing qi stagnation and relieving pain. It can go up to the lungs and spleen to relieve qi stagnation in the chest and abdomen. Therefore, chest tightness and abdominal distension caused by stagnation of cold evil qi can be avoided. Or stomach and abdominal pain and other symptoms, it can be used, and it is often used in conjunction with the scent of wood. It can also be used with Cyperus cyperus, Citrus aurantium, Turmeric, etc. This product is also good at dispersing cold and relieving pain. It can be used to treat cold hernia and abdominal pain. It can be used with cumin and green bark. For abdominal pain caused by menstruation, it can be used with angelica and cyperus.

2. Used for frequent urination and enuresis.

Wuyao can also descend to the kidneys and bladder, and can warm the kidneys and dispel cold. It is often used in combination with Yizhiren and Chinese yam to treat frequent urination and enuresis caused by deficiency and coldness of the kidneys and bladder.

The prescription name is Taiwan Wuyao and Wuyao (for sliced ??and dried in the sun)

General dosage and usage: one to three qian, decoction and taken.

Notes 1. The nature and flavor of Wuyao are pungent and warm. It can move the lungs and spleen to relieve qi stagnation in the chest and abdomen. It can dispel cold and coagulation and relieve the pain of hernia and menstruation. It can also warm the kidneys and remove cold air from the bladder. It can be used to treat Frequent urination and enuresis.

2. Both woody scent and black medicine can promote qi and relieve pain. They are important medicines for treating chest and abdominal distension and pain. They must be used in every clinical condition. However, woody scent has good qi-moving power, and simmering it can stop diarrhea. Gong; Wuyao is also good at treating cold hernia and dysmenorrhea, and can warm the kidneys and dispel cold to treat frequent urination and enuresis.

Examples of prescriptions: Simo Decoction ("Jisheng Prescription"): Wuyao, agarwood, ginseng, and betel nut. Treats stagnation of seven emotions, shortness of breath and shortness of breath.

Tiantai Wuyao Powder ("Medical Invention"): Tiantai Wuyao, fennel, woody bark, green bark, galangal, areca nut, croton, and toodanzi. It can be used to treat symptoms such as cold qi stagnation, small intestinal hernia, lower abdominal pain and testicles.

Wuyao Decoction ("Jiyin Gangmu"): Wuyao, Cyperus rotundus, Angelicae Sinensis, Acosta, and Licorice. Treats abdominal pain during menstruation in women.

Excerpt from the literature "The Meaning of Medicines": "The Qi male is warm, so it can quickly spread the Qi and dissipate stagnation, even better than Cyperus rotundus. If you use it to disperse cold Qi, the cold and pain will be eliminated; if you dispel evil Qi, the heaven will be restored." The disease and miasma will be relieved soon; the stagnation of Qi will be released, abdominal pain will be severe, and the distension of the chest and diaphragm will suddenly subside; the menstrual Qi will be loosened, the limbs will be unable to function due to stroke, and the blood and Qi will be stagnated in the initial period, and they will gradually be able to clear up, all of which are due to the power of strong Qi."

"Compendium of Materia Medica for Truth": "Gong is in the same category as costus and cyperus, but costus is bitter and warm, enters the spleen and refreshes stagnation, and is suitable for food accumulation; cyperus is bitter and enters the liver, The second gallbladder meridian can open up stagnation and dissipate stagnation, which is beneficial whenever there is stagnation; here, the inverse evil is spread across the chest and reaches everywhere, so it is used as the key to relieving evil in the chest and abdomen.

”