Is notopterygium root a traditional Chinese medicine?

Notopterygium root is a traditional Chinese medicine, which is mainly used for treating exogenous wind-cold, headache, anhidrosis, cold-dampness arthralgia, geomantic edema, sores and toxic swelling. Mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai and other places.

Notopterygium notopterygium can not only sweat and relieve exterior syndrome, but also dispel wind, remove dampness and relieve pain. However, when it is used as a drug for sweating and relieving exterior syndrome, its effects of expelling wind and relieving pain should be closely combined, that is, when it is used in clinical treatment of wind-cold exterior syndrome, it must be combined with headache or joint pain before considering its use. As for the treatment of rheumatic joint pain, it can be applied regardless of symptoms. According to the clinical practice in recent years, this product has a good antipyretic effect, and can be combined with antipyretics such as dandelion and Radix Isatidis to treat exterior syndrome of wind-heat without fever.

However, this product has a strong smell, and it is easy to vomit if it is used too much. Therefore, we should pay attention to the patient's stomach and grasp the appropriate dose when using it.