What is the purpose of Duhuo Xixin Decoction

Duhuo Xixin Decoction can be said to be a kind of medicine. It is quite commonly used in life. Duhuo Xixin Decoction is quite useful for headaches, and Duhuo and Asarum themselves also have certain effects on the human body. It is best to follow the doctor's advice when taking Duhuo Xixin Decoction.

1. Duhuo Xixin Decoction

【Prescription】 Angelica dahurica, Asarum, Chuanxiong, Gentiana macrophylla, Radix Rehmanniae, Qianghuo, Fangfeng, Licorice

【Functions and indications】 Headache caused by exogenous factors, with the evil in Shaoyin, and the pain extends to the cheeks.

【Usage and Dosage】 Decoction in water.

If there is wind, add Schizonepeta and double the amount of Saposhnikovia; if there is cold, add Ephedra and Cassia twig; if there is heat, add Scutellaria baicalensis and Gypsum; if there is dampness, add Atractylodes and Angelica dahurica; if there is dryness, add Gypsum and Bambusa tenuifolia; if there is strong fire, add Anemarrhena asphodeloides and Phellodendron chinense.

2. Efficacy of Asarum

Asarum is the dried roots and rhizomes of the plants Liao Asarum, Asarum and Seoul Asarum of the Aristolochiaceae family. Other names of Asarum: small Asarum, fine grass, lesser Asarum, fine strips, green-bearded ginger, single-leaf grass, Liao Asarum, golden basin grass, all-blight grass, Wolongdan, bell flower, four-liang hemp, and jade fragrant silk. It has the effects of dispelling wind, relieving cold and relieving pain, warming the lungs, transforming fluid and opening the orifices. It is mainly used to treat exogenous wind-cold, headache, toothache, wind-cold warm arthralgia, phlegm and cough, nasal congestion and sinusitis, wind-eye and eye opacity, ear blockage and sore throat, mouth ulcers and bad breath. Asarum has sedative, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antipyretic, analgesic and anesthetic effects on the nervous system; it has obvious anti-inflammatory effects; it has a cardiotonic effect.

3. Uses of Asarum

①The whole plant is used as medicine, as an antipyretic, diuretic, analgesic and sedative. It can treat headaches and has the effects of inducing sweating and removing phlegm. (Because Asarum contains toxic ingredients such as aristolochic acid, the 2005 edition of the Pharmacopoeia stipulates that Asarum should be used as root and rhizome as medicine) ② Veterinary medicine is used to treat cough, asthma and constipation. ③Pesticides are used as insecticides and fungicides. It has the effects of dispelling wind and cold, opening the orifices and relieving pain, warming the lungs and transforming phlegm.