dried roots of Angelica pubeschens Maxim.f. Biserrata Shan et yuan, an Umbelliferae plant, in general Chinese herbal medicine shops and Chinese medicine hospitals. Location: Sichuan, Hubei, Anhui and other places. Digging in early spring or late autumn, removing fibrous roots and sediment, kang until semi-dry, stacking for 2 ~ 3 days, and then kang until completely dry. Slice, raw.
the medicine is pungent and bitter, slightly warm. Return to kidney and bladder meridian.
It can relieve rheumatism, relieve pain and relieve exterior syndrome.
application
1. arthralgia due to wind-cold and dampness. This product is pungent in dispersing bitterness and dryness, fragrant and warm in qi, good in relieving rheumatism and relieving arthralgia. It is the main medicine for treating arthralgia due to rheumatism, and can be applied to arthralgia syndrome caused by pathogenic wind-cold and dampness for a long time. Because it enters the kidney meridian, it is good in descending, especially for those with pain in waist, knee, leg and foot joints and cold and dampness in the lower part. For arthralgia due to wind-cold and dampness due to pathogenic wind-cold and dampness, and pain in muscles, back and hands and feet, it is often used equivalently with Angelica sinensis, Atractylodes macrocephala and Achyranthes bidentata, for example, Duhuo Decoction (A New Book for Living Young); If it is combined with Herba Taxilli, Eucommiae Cortex, Ginseng, etc., it can treat arthralgia syndrome with prolonged deficiency, weak waist and knees, and unfavorable joint flexion and extension, such as Duhuo Jisheng Decoction (Qianjinfang).
2. exterior syndrome of wind-cold with dampness. This product can dispel cold and dampness, relieve exterior syndrome, and treat headache, heavy head and total body pain caused by exogenous cold and dampness. It is often combined with Notopterygium Rhizoma, Ligusticum, Fangfeng, etc., such as Notopterygium Rhizoma Shengshi Decoction (Theory of Differentiation and Confusion of Internal and External Injuries).
3. shaoyin headache. This product is good at entering the kidney meridian and searching for latent wind. It is combined with Asarum and Chuanxiong, and can treat headache caused by wind disturbing the kidney meridian, such as Duhuo Asarum Decoction (Treatment of Syndrome Due to Pulse).
in addition, it has the function of relieving rheumatism, and can also treat skin itching, which can be taken orally or washed externally.
administration and dosage: 3 ~ 9g. External use, moderate amount.
Notopterygium incisum and Radix Angelicae Pubescentis can relieve rheumatism, relieve pain and relieve exterior syndrome, so as to treat wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, wind-cold dampness exterior syndrome and headache. However, Notopterygium is dry and strong, with strong divergence, and is often used for wind-cold-dampness arthralgia, pain in the upper body, and headache due to wind-cold; Its unique activity is mild, and its divergence is weaker than that of Notopterygium. It is mostly used for patients with wind-cold-dampness arthralgia in the lower body, and for those with headache belonging to shaoyin. If the wind is cold and damp, and the whole body aches, the two are often used in combination.
Abstract of ancient books
1. A Bielu of Famous Doctors: "If you treat thieves' wind, there will be no new gout for a long time."
2. "Ben Cao Zheng": "Specializing in treating lower jiao rheumatism, foot pain, wet itching and contracture."
3. "Seeking Truth from Materia Medica": "Being alone, hard and mild, compared with Notopterygium, its nature is a little slower. Anyone who suffers from headache due to insufficient yin and kidney meridians due to air drying can be treated well, so that his feet are wet and arthralgia, he can't move his shoes, otherwise he will be cured, and his head will be dazzled and dizzy ... And if there is wind, there must be wet, so Qiang treats water and wet wind, while alone treats water and wet wind. ..... Qiang has the power of publication, and is unique in helping the table. Qiang can treat wind-induced headache and rheumatism and joint pain, while walking alone can treat wind-induced headache and damp arthralgia. "
modern research
1. chemical composition: this product contains dihydrocarbinol and its acetate, apigenin methyl ether, isoimperatorin, citronolactone, xanthotoxin, dihydrocarbinol angelica ester, dihydrocarbinol glucoside, pilocarpine, angelica D, G, B, γ-aminobutyric acid and volatile oil.
2. Pharmacological effects: Radix Angelicae Pubescentis has anti-inflammatory, analgesic and sedative effects; It can inhibit platelet aggregation; It also has antihypertensive effect, but it is not lasting; Citrullolide and xanthotoxin contained in it have photosensitive and anti-tumor effects.
3. Clinical study: Radix Angelicae Pubescentis 9g, brown sugar 15g, decocted in water, treating 5 cases of chronic bronchitis, with a total effective rate of 73.7% (Wuhan New Medicine, 1971, 3: 24); 3g of Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, 6g of cinnabar and 6g of amber respectively, ground into No.2 capsule, and taken 6 capsules 2 hours before going to bed at night, which cured 21 cases of insomnia, with a total effective rate of 97.6% (journal of traditional chinese medicine, Hubei, 1991, 2: 6); 92 cases of psoriasis were treated with Duhuo tablets (3mg each, equivalent to 3.75 g of crude drug), 3 ~ 6 mg/kg once, tincture and ointment applied externally, and combined with long-wave ultraviolet radiation. The total effective rate in the near future was 93.5% (Chinese Journal of Physiotherapy, 1983,3:144).
4. Adverse reactions: It has been reported that when treating tracheitis with Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, it has been found that taking decoction has side effects such as dizziness, headache, numbness of tongue, nausea and vomiting, stomach discomfort, etc., so it is generally unnecessary to stop taking medicine.