Gao Ben
English Name: Ligusticum
Pharmaceutical name: Rhizoma Ligustici
Medica Category: Wind-Cold Releasing Herbs
Properties: Gao Ben enters the Urinary Bladder channel; it is acrid in nature and warm in temperature.
What is Gao Ben?:
The Chinese Herb Gao Ben is dried Chinese Lovage root (Ligusticum sinense Oliv.).
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Therapeutic Actions of Gao Ben:
Gao Ben releases the exterior and dispels cold. It enters the du governing channel and thus is specific for treating pain from wind-cold at any point along this channel.
Gao Ben treats vertex headaches associated with wind-cold invasion.