Chuanxiong Rhizome, Szechuan Lovage Root Classic Formulas

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Invigorates blood and dispels stasis - Xi Chuan Xiong shares the core Chuan Xiong function of moving constrained blood in headache, menstrual pain, chest pain, and traumatic stasis patterns.
Promotes qi movement and alleviates pain - it is chosen when blood stasis and qi stagnation combine into fixed, distending, or migratory pain.
Dispels wind and relieves headache - classic use extends to wind-type headache presentations in which a blood-moving guide herb is needed in the head.
Bridges upper-body and gynecologic pain treatment - this broad range is one reason Chuan Xiong-type records often recur in trade catalogs under closely related variant names.

Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San - wind-headache formula in which Chuan Xiong guides movement in the head and alleviates pain.
Si Wu Tang - classic blood formula where Chuan Xiong moves the blood so tonification does not become static.
Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang - blood-stasis formula for chest, rib-side, and headache presentations with fixed pain.
Sheng Hua Tang - postpartum formula that uses Chuan Xiong to move retained blood and relieve pain.

TCM herb summaries consistently describe Chuan Xiong as acrid and warm, entering the Liver, Gallbladder, and Pericardium channels, with a premier reputation for headache and blood-stasis pain.
The saying that headaches should not go without Chuan Xiong is frequently cited to illustrate how central the herb is across multiple wind and blood-related headache patterns.
This Xi Chuan Xiong record preserves that same clinical identity while cleaning up catalog-level naming noise from import data.