Notopterygium, Qiang Huo 羌活 Qiang Huo (TCM)Spru nag སྤྲུ་ནག (Tibetan) Botanical name: Notopterygium incisum (syn. Hansenia weberbaueriana), N. forbesii Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Warm, dry. Bitter, Pungent Classification: A. Clear Exterior Wind-Cold Uses: 1. Clears Wind-Cold, Clears the Exterior:-Fever with Chills, Cold, Flu-Occipital Headache-acute Body aches and pains from Wind-Cold-Damp-also for Dizziness2. Clears Wind-Damp, Eases Pain:-muscular and arthritic pain from cold-wind-damp, especially in upper limbs and back-Rheumatism3. Guiding Medicine:-guides other herbs to Governing Vessel (Du Mai) Dose: Decoction: 3–9 grams Substitutes: 1. Angelica sylvestris is used by Tibetans in Buryat region for Spru nag.2. Heracleum dissectum is also used in Buryat region. Main Combinations: 1. Cold and Flu from Wind-Cold:i. Influenza, Notopterygium Qiang Huo with Isatis Radix Ban Lan Genii. Notopterygium Qiang Huo with Atractylodes Cang Zhu, Angelica Bai Zhi, Levisticum Gao Ben iii. Cold, Fever, Tonsillitis, Notopterygium Qiang Huo, Isatis Ban Lan Gen, Dandelion (Pu Gong Ying) (Shanghai College of TCM)2. Headache:i. or body pain from common cold or painful obstruction, Notopterygium Qiang Huo with Ligusticum Chuan Xiongii. from Wind-Damp, Notopterygium Qiang Huo with Ligusticum sinense Gao Ben, Asarum Xi Xiniii. Supra-orbital pain, Notopterygium Qiang Huo with Angelica dahurica Bai Zhi, Scutellaria Huang Qiniv. Temple Headache, Notopterygium…

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