Gao Ben
藁本 gǎo běn

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Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated for headaches from Blood Deficiency or in Hot Disorders.		Meridians: Urinary Bladder , Du Mai (Governing Vessel)
	Preparation: • Always used in its unprepared, cleaned state		Quality: Good quality - big rhizomes with only a few hairy roots and is intensely aromatic
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (2) qiāng huó shèng shī tāng (Notopterygium Decoction to Overcome Dampness) xīn yí sǎn (Magnolia Flower Powder)

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Pharmaceutical: Rhizoma et Radix Ligustici

Botanical: Ligusticum Sinense Oliv., Ligusticum Jeholense Nakai & Kitag.

Japanese: kōhon

Korean: kobon

Common: Chinese lovage root, ligusticum root, kao-ben

Temperature: Warm

	+1 Benjamin Satterfield (Rootdown Staff) Alleviates pain (for Wind-Cold headache) add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Discharges exterior conditions add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Overcomes dampness add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nasal congestion add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Wind cold lodged in Tai Yang with crown/vertex headache or linked to teeth/jaw add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Acute low back pain add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Alleviates low back pain due to Wind-Cold add comment

Gao Ben藁本 gǎo běn