A special remedy for headaches is called Chuanxiong Tea Tiaosan. In history, there were not many recipes named after tea, and Chuanxiong tea is only one of them.
Chuanxiong Tea Diao San comes from the official medical code of the Song Dynasty, "Taiping Huimin He Ju Fang". Therefore, you can see that it was already used during the Song Dynasty. Even today, after thousands of years, it still shines and heats up. The wisdom of ancient people cannot be ignored.
Chuanxiong Tea Tiao San: 12g Chuanxiong, 12g Jingjie, 6g Baizhi, 6g Qianghuo, 6g Licorice, 3g Xixin, 4.5g Fangfeng, 12g Mint.
Grind these medicinal herbs into fine powder, take 3-6 grams each time, 1-2 times a day.
Chuanxiong Chatiao Powder has also been made into traditional Chinese patent medicines and simple preparations, called Chuanxiong Chatiao Pills or Chuanxiong Chatiao Granules, which can be bought in pharmacies.
Take a brief look at this formula.
Chuanxiong, since ancient times, has been a special medicine for treating headaches. Sometimes, just this medicine is powdered and once taken, whether you have a cold headache or a blood stasis headache, it can be cured. It is like Zhao Zilong from Changshan, who alone can defeat the enemy.
Why is Chuanxiong so powerful? Because it goes up to the head, down to the sea of blood, and opens up stagnation in the middle, it means that Chuanxiong, this medicine, is not stubborn. As soon as it enters the body, it likes to walk around, and its medicinal properties can go all the way to the head and face. Moreover, Chuanxiong can both dispel cold and dispel blood stasis, which can open up stagnation caused by cold coagulation and blood stasis, allowing Qi and blood to flow smoothly, promoting Qi circulation and blood circulation. What are the dangers that cannot be eliminated?
Windproof and windward driving can not only prevent external wind from entering, but also drive out wind that has already entered the human body.
Jingjie Jiebiao, Jiebiao is sweating, which brings out the cold evil in the body through sweating. When Jingjie is boiled, it has a unique fragrance, similar to mint and perilla. It relies on this aroma to circulate, so this fragrant medicine cannot be boiled for too long. Otherwise, as the aroma gradually evaporates, its efficacy will also be greatly reduced.
Asarum can dispel cold, relieve pain, and also clear the orifices. Similarly, Bai Zhi can also relieve pain. In addition, Bai Zhi also has the function of drying dampness, so traditional Chinese medicine often includes these two medicines in the prescription for treating rhinitis. What are the symptoms of rhinitis? Nasal congestion, runny nose, and sometimes even headaches. Isn't the combination of the three just in sync with the effects of Asarum and Angelica dahurica?
Qianghuo, as described by the ancients, "dispels the evil of the eight winds on the surface of the muscles and benefits the pain of the whole body." In other words, Qianghuo not only can treat headaches, but also pain throughout the body. As long as it is caused by wind, cold, and dampness, it can be treated. In this field, its role can be said to be unique. Many formulas for dispelling rheumatism and relieving pain include Qianghuo, such as the Qianghuo Shengshi Tang by Li Dongyuan, a famous doctor in the Jin and Yuan dynasties.
Finally, use cool mint to prevent wind cold from entering and heat up, and then use licorice to blend the various medicines.
At this point, it is not difficult to see that Chuanxiong Tea Tiao San mainly treats wind cold headaches, which are caused by wind evil bringing cold evil into the body. Whether it is migraine or headache, it is effective and can be treated with it.
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that the head is the meeting place of the various yang, where the yang energy converges. All the yang meridians in the twelve meridians converge here. Even on colder days, your face should be exposed, but you will not feel cold. It is precisely because the head is full of yang and heat, and the pores are often in an open state, that those wind evil and cold evil come in casually. In other words, when wind and cold enter the body, the head bears the brunt. And cold has the characteristic of coagulation and contraction. As the cold energy recovers, it will tightly bind the meridians, blocking the flow of qi and blood. Like the tap water pipe, when twisted and knotted, the water cannot pass through and can only continuously impact the inner wall of the pipe. In the human body, this feeling is pain, also known as pain due to obstruction.
Specifically, it can be divided into the following four situations:
Firstly, after catching a cold, one may experience nasal congestion and headaches. Chuanxiong Tea Tiaosan can not only clear the nose and orifices, but also relieve headaches.
Secondly, after accidentally blowing a cold wind, I have a simple headache. What is it said in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon that there is a false and evil wind that can be avoided at times. I'm warning you to stay away from the cold. However, modern people's lifestyle habits often go in the opposite direction. For example, nowadays many people like to wash their hair in the morning and don't blow dry it after washing. They just go out with their wet hair on their head; Or after the weather cools down, if you don't add clothes in time and walk on the road, feel the cold wind pouring into your body, especially the back of your neck, which is the area that needs special protection the most; Or maybe in the summer, I indulge in the cold and hide in air-conditioned rooms all day long These behaviors can all lead to wind cold entering the body. When using Chuanxiong Tea Tiaosan, just disperse the wind cold.
Thirdly, for long-term headaches or headaches caused by chronic rhinitis, as long as they worsen when encountering cold, Chuanxiong Tea Tiaosan can also be considered.
Fourthly, menstrual headaches. During menstruation, a woman's body is relatively weak, so if she is not careful, she will experience various types of pain, first abdominal pain, and then headache. Eating cold fruits and vegetables causes a headache; After washing my hair in the morning, I have a headache; I was caught in the rain outside and my head hurts. At this point, Chuanxiong Tea Diao San can be used.
Since it is called "Chadiao San", then when taking this prescription, it needs to be taken with tea. On the one hand, tea can clear and benefit the head. You can see that when people are very tired, a cup of tea can quickly wake them up; On the other hand, tea is bitter, cool, and light, so it can restrict the warmth and dryness of wind medicines such as Fangfeng and Baizhi.
The content of the article is for clinical reference only. Non professionals in traditional Chinese medicine are not allowed to try medication.