俗话说:“腰痛吃杜仲,头痛吃川芎”。这话是颇有道理的。川芎属伞形科多年生草本植物,早在三千年前的古书《左传》中就有记载,称其为“山鞠穷”。在《神农本草经》上称它为“芎藭”,并且还有香果、胡藭、马衔芎藭、雀脑芎、京芎、贯芎、台芎、西芎等别名。 祖国医学认为,川芎味辛、性温,归肝、胆二经。具有行气开郁、祛风燥湿、活血止痛的功效,可治疗风冷头痛眩晕、胁痛腹痛、寒痹筋挛、经闭、难产、产后瘀阻腹痛、痈疽疮疡等症,且以它祛风止痛的本领和升浮的特性,成为治疗头痛的要药。在治疗人们俗称的 As the saying goes: “Back pain eats Eucommia, headache eats Chuanxiong.” This is quite reasonable. Chuanxiong is a perennial herb belonging to the Umbelliferaeaceae. It was recorded as early as 3,000 years ago in the ancient book “Zuo Zhuan,” and it is referred to as “the poor mountain”. In the “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”, it was called “芎藭”, and there were also aliases such as Xiangguo, Hu Yi, Ma Yingxiong, Qunaojian, Jingyi, Guanxi, Taiqi, and Xiqiao. According to the motherland’s medicine, Chuanxiong is savory, warm, hepatic, and biliary. It has the effects of promoting qi and activating phlegm, relieving wind and dampness, and promoting blood circulation and pain relief. It can treat wind-cold headache, dizziness, abdominal pain, threatening abdominal cramps, abortion, dystocia, postpartum hemorrhoids, abdominal pain, and sore ulcers. Its ability to relieve pain and to rise has become a cure for headaches. In the treatment of people commonly known as