Category 1: Acrid and Warming > fang feng 防风
Radix Ledebouriellae
Acrid, sweet and slightly warm
BL, LR and SP channels
Acrid, sweet and slightly warm
BL, LR and SP channels
Functions and Indications
1. Releases the Exterior and Expels Wind
2. Expels Wind-Damp and Alleviates pain
3. Extinguishes Wind and Stops tremors
Dosage (raw herb)
Precautions
Additional Information
1. Releases the Exterior and Expels Wind
- Exterior Wind-Cold (aversion to cold, fever, headache and body ache)
2. Expels Wind-Damp and Alleviates pain
- Wind-Cold-Damp painful obstruction syndrome (pain and heaviness in the muscles and joints)
3. Extinguishes Wind and Stops tremors
- Tremors of the hands and feet
Dosage (raw herb)
- 3 -10g
Precautions
- Contraindicated in Blood Deficiency with spasms and Yin Deficiency with Heat signs
Additional Information