Difference between Cortex Moutan and Rhizoma Chuanxiong

Moutan bark belongs to a heat-clearing medicine, which has the effects of clearing away heat, cooling

blood, activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis; Szechuan lovage belongs to a blood-activating and stasis-removing medicine

, which has the effects of activating blood circulation, activating qi, expelling wind and relieving pain.

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moutan bark is mainly used to relieve symptoms such as warm toxin spots, blood heat vomiting, yin injury, yin deficiency fever, etc.; Szechuan lovage is mainly used to relieve chest pain, rib pain, chest pain, fall injury and other symptoms.