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Wind-Cold-Dispersing Herbs

Wind-Cold-Dispersing Herbs: Chinese herbs in this class — their actions in TCM, typical uses, preparation and safety cautions.

Sheng Jiang: Chinese Herb Guide Ginger, 生姜 Sheng Jiang: disperse wind-cold, warm the middle burner to stop vomiting, warm lung to stop cough.
Dahurian Angelica Root (Lemonfragrant Angelica Root) Lemonfragrant Angelica Root, 白芷, Bai Zhi Bai Zhi: expel wind and release exterior, alleviate pain, open a stuffy nose, dry dampness and stop leukorrhea.
Cang Er Zi: Chinese Herb Guide Siberian Cocklour Fruit, 苍耳子 Cang Er Zi (Fructus Xanthii). Mature involucral fruit of annual Xanthium sibiricum Patr. of family Asteraceae
Qiang Huo (Incised notopterygium rhizome and root) Incised notopterygium rhizome and root, 羌活 Qiang Huo: release exterior and disperse cold, expel wind-damp and alleviate pain.
Du Heng: Chinese Herb Guide 杜衡,Herba Asari Forbesii,Forbes Wildginger Herb Du Heng: dispel wind and dissipate cold, alleviate pain, eliminate phlegm and relieve cough.
Common stelmatocrypton herb (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton) Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton, 生藤, Sheng Teng, Herba Stelmatocrypti Khasiani Sheng Teng (Stem of Common Stelmatocrypton) Sources The drug is the dried entire plant of Stelmatocrypton khasianum (Benth.) H. Baill
Manchurian Wildginger (Herba Asari) Herba Asari,细辛,細辛,Manchurian Wildginger Xi Xin: relieve exterior and dispel cold, dispel wind to alleviate pain, free nasal orifice and warm orifice and warm lung and relieve cough.
Cong Xu (Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion) 葱须,葱根,Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion,蔥須,Radix Allii Fistulosi Fibrosa Name Cong Xu (Fibrous Root of Fistular Onion) Nature and action Nature Pungent, neutral; lung channels. Actions Dispel wind-cold, remove toxicity, disperse stasis.
Cong Ye: Chinese Herb Guide 葱叶,Fistular Onion Leaf,蔥葉,Folium Allii Fistulosi Name Cong Ye (Fistular Onion Leaf) Nature and action Nature Warm, pungent. Actions Expel wind and induce sweating, remove toxicity and resolve swelling.
E Bu Shi Cao: Chinese Herb Guide Herba Centipedae, 鹅不食草, Small Centipeda Herb E Bu Shi Cao (Small Centipeda Herb) Acrid, warm; liver and lung channels. Actions Dispel wind and dissipate cold, remove nebula
Fang Feng: Chinese Herb Guide Divaricate Saposhnikovia Root, 防风 Fang Feng (Radix Saposhnikoviae). The root of perennial Saposhnikovia divaricata (Turcz.) Schischk
Bai Zhi (Dahurian Angelica): Headache, Nose and Leukorrhea Bai Zhi, Angelica dahurica, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, headache, stuffy nose, leukorrhea Bai Zhi (dahurian angelica root, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae ), recorded in the Shennong Bencao Jing . The root of Angelica dahurica (Hoffm.) Benth