INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: JIANG HUANG - 姜黄 - RHIZOMA CURCUMAE LONGAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Rhizoma Curcumae Longae
Common English: Turmeric Rhizome

CATEGORY

Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Invigorate the Blood

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Acrid
Bitter
Warm
Spleen
Stomach
Liver
3-10g
Tincture: 1-4ml

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Invigorates the Blood, eliminates Blood Stasis and unblocks menstruation

Blood Stasis

Menstrual problems and chest or abdominal pain due to Blood Stasis from Deficiency Cold

Promotes the movement of Qi and opens the channels and collaterals to alleviate pain

Liver Qi Stagnation with epigastric and abdominal pain

Expels Wind and invigorates the Blood

Wind-Damp-Bi with Blood Stasis, especially in the shoulders

Reduces swelling

Swelling and pain from sores and lesions caused by toxic Heat Accumulation with Qi and Blood Stagnation

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those who have Blood Deficiency with no Qi or Blood Stagnation.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS
  • Use with caution for patients taking anticoagulants such as heparin, warfarin (Coumadin) and enoxaparin (Lovenox) or antiplatelet drugs such as aspirin, dipyridamole (Persantine) and clopidogrel (Plavix) as concurrent use may have an additive or synergistic effect.

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo

Cx. Cinnamomi
Rou Gui

Ram. Cinnamomi
Gui Zhi
(Rx. Astragali)
(Huang Qi)

Amenorrhea and abdominal pain from Liver Qi Stagnation with Blood Stasis.

Blood Stasis causing dysmenorrhea and postpartum abdominal pain.

Pain due to Wind-Cold-Bi with Blood Stasis, especially shoulder pain.

Rx. et Rz. Rhei
Da Huang
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae
Bai Zhi

Rx. Curcumae
Yu Jin

 

Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii
Qiang Huo
Rx. Saposhnikoviae
Fang Feng
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui

Topically for swelling and pain during the early stages of sores.

Pain and distention of the chest and flanks.

Wind-Damp-Bi, especially of the shoulder.

Ram. Cinnamomi
Gui Zhi

Rx. Paeoniae Alba
Bai Shao
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo
Flos Carthami
Hong Hua

Fr. Aurantii
Zhi Ke
Caulis Perillae
Zi Su Geng
Rx. Platycodi
Jie Geng
Fr. Toosendan
Chuan Lian Zi
Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo

Congealed painful obstruction in either the upper or lower limbs.

Shoulder disorders.

Hypochondriac pain due to Liver Qi Stagnation.

Amenorrhea or abdominal pain due to Blood Stagnation in the Liver channel.

Chest and hypochondriac pain.

Rz. Alpiniae Officinarum
Gao Liang Jiang
 Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu
Rx. Aucklandiae
Mu Xiang
Fr. Amomi
Sha Ren
Rx. Linderae
Wu Yao
Rz. Corydalis
Yan Hu Suo

Faeces Trogopterori
Wu Ling Zhi
Rz. Cyperi
Xiang Fu
Rx. Paeoniae Alba
Bai Shao

Fr. Aurantii
Zhi Ke
Fr. Tribuli
Bai Ji Li
Fr. Toosendan
Chuan Lian Zi

Epigastric pain.

Dysmenorrhea.

Hepatitis with hypochondriac pain.

Cx. Erythrinae
Hai Tong Pi
Rz. seu Rx. Notopterygii
Qiang Huo
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis
Dang Gui

Rx. et Rz. Rhei
Da Huang
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae
Bai Zhi
Rx. Trichosanthis
Tian Hua Fen

 

Bi syndrome.

Sores and lesions.

 

NOTES

  1. This herb is very good for dispelling Blood Stasis in the shoulders and arms.
  2. It is also good for pain in the Stomach and uterus.
  3. This herb is similar in action to Tub. Curcumae Yu Jin and Rz. Curcumae E Zhu.
  4. It improves the secretion of bile.
  5. It is also good for treating painful swellings due to trauma.
  6. Both Jiang Huang and Rz. Curcumae E Zhu are warm, acrid and bitter and both break up Blood Stasis and move Qi to stop pain. E Zhu more strongly breaks up Blood Stasis and reduces accumulations while Jiang Huang moves on the Interior and Exterior to treat Wind Bi.
  7. Both Jiang Huang and Rx. Curcumae Yu Jin promote the movement of Qi and Blood and facilitate the Gallbladder to eliminate jaundice. Yu Jin is stronger in this regard. Jiang Huang is warm rather than cold, and treats Wind Bi which Yu Jin does not do. Yu Jin enters the Blood Level to cool Heat and break up Blood Stasis while promoting the flow of Qi at the Blood Level. It also clears Heat and relieves constraint which Jiang Huang does not do.