The pronunciation of Gao Ben is gǎo běn.
Ligusticum root, the name of Chinese medicine. It is the dried rhizome and root of the Umbelliferae plant Ligusticum or Ligusticum liaonata. Excavate when the stems and leaves wither in autumn or when the seedlings emerge in the following spring, remove the sediment, and dry in the sun or oven.
Physiological characteristics: Perennial herb, up to 1 meter high. The rhizome is well developed with enlarged nodules. Stem erect, cylindrical, hollow, striped. The flowering period is from August to September and the fruiting period is in October. It grows wild in the grass on sunny slopes or beside moist water beaches.
Related compatibility:
1. Commonly used to treat Taiyang wind-cold, which affects the meridians and causes headache, nasal congestion and top pain. It is often used with Qianghuo, Atractylodes, Chuanxiong, etc. to dispel rheumatism, Use analgesics together, such as Shenshu Powder.
2. To treat rheumatism and pain all over the body, it should be used together with Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Atractylodes and other rheumatism-removing drugs, such as Rheumatism Qianghuo Decoction.
Effects of Ligusticum Root:
1. Remove dampness and dispel cold: Ligusticum Root is pungent, warm, fragrant and dry, has both nature and flavor, strong medicinal potency, reaches the top, and dissipates wind, cold and dampness in the solar meridian. It is good at removing evil and has the effect of removing dampness and dispersing cold. Patients with scabies, cold-dampness diarrhea, abdominal pain, and hernia can also be treated by taking Ligusticum Radix.
2. Expelling wind and relieving pain: Ligusticum baicalensis is a warm and pungent powder that reaches the top of the head. It has a certain analgesic effect and can relieve rheumatoid arthritis, top pain and headaches caused by colds and wind-colds.
3. How to eat: raw food: remove the soil and sand from the ligusticus, dry it in the sun, cut it into slices, and then eat it. Make soup: Grind Ligusticum ligus and Atractylodes into powder, put it into a pot and add water to boil, then heat it with rice wine when drinking.