Ganghwal
Notopterygium · Osterici seu Notopterygii Radix
한글 강활 · Pinyin Qiang Huo
羌活
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Acrid, bitter · warm
- Channels entered
- Bladder, Kidney
- Actions
- Dispels wind-cold-damp of the upper body, releases the exterior, stops occipital headache and body pain
- Typical dose
- 3–9 g
Appears in 24 formulas 處方
- Nine-Ingredient Notopterygium Decoction九味羌活湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Schizonepeta and Siler Overcome Toxin Powder荊防敗毒散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Dispel Wind and Invigorate Blood Decoction疏風活血湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Clear the Upper and Relieve Pain Decoction淸上蠲痛湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Drive Out Stasis from a Painful Body Decoction身痛逐瘀湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Wash the Liver and Brighten the Eyes Powder洗肝明目散 3 g · Assistant 佐
- Ginseng Overcome Toxin Powder人參敗毒散 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Magnolia Flower Powder辛夷散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction淸濕化痰湯 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Cnidium Powder Taken with Green Tea川芎茶調散 4 g · Assistant 佐
- Notopterygium Overcome Dampness Decoction羌活勝濕湯 6 g · Chief 君
- Harmonize the Blood and Boost the Qi Decoction和血益氣湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Engender Fluids Sweet Dew Decoction生津甘露湯 3.2 g · Assistant 佐
- Large Gentian and Turtle Shell Powder秦芃鱉甲散 1.4 g · Assistant 佐
- Aquilaria and Turtle Shell Powder沈香鱉甲散 3 g · Assistant 佐
- Raise the Yang and Boost the Stomach Decoction升陽益胃湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Raise the Yang and Supplement the Qi Decoction升陽補氣湯 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Clear the Fire Decoction淸火湯 3.2 g · Assistant 佐
- Raise the Yang and Scatter the Fire Decoction升陽散火湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Fire Constraint Decoction火鬱湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Raise the Yang and Regulate the Cycle Decoction升陽調經湯 4 g · Chief 君
- Raise the Yang and Eliminate Dampness Decoction升陽除濕湯 4 g · Deputy 臣
- Bupleurum Regulate the Cycle Decoction柴胡調經湯 2.8 g · Deputy 臣
- Pubescent Angelica Decoction (Dreams chapter)獨活湯 2.8 g · Chief 君