Windproof is a type of Chinese medicinal herb that dispels dampness and releases the exterior. It can be used to treat external pathogenic factors and rheumatic pain. It can be combined with different Chinese herbs to treat wind-cold exterior conditions. Let's learn about the efficacy and functions of windproof below!
1. Warm and release the exterior
Windproof is often used in combination with Chinese herbs like schizonepeta. This is because windproof is more effective in treating whole body pain, while schizonepeta is better at releasing sweat. Both are needed for treating wind-cold exterior conditions, and they complement each other's deficiencies. Therefore, they are often used together in formulas for releasing the exterior.
2. Promote blood circulation and activate collaterals
Windproof can treat wind-cold dampness impediment, whole body bone and joint pain, stiff neck, and limb spasms. It is often used in combination with herbs like erigeron, tangkuei, coix seed, clematis, achyranthes, and centipede grass.
3. Expel wind and relieve spasms
Windproof has a significant effect in "expelling wind and relieving spasms." It can treat conditions such as internal liver wind, wind-phlegm disturbance, tetanus-induced teeth grinding, limb twitching, and opisthotonus. It is often used in combination with "whole scorpion" because windproof can enhance the "expelling wind and stopping spasms" effect of scorpion. Sometimes, "hook vine," "centipede," "dead silkworm," and "white aconite" are also added.
4. Stop bleeding and dispel wind
Windproof has the function of "treating intestinal wind bleeding." It can treat recurrent and long-lasting rectal bleeding. Ancient people believed that this condition was caused by the invasion of wind pathogen in the large intestine. Adding windproof to the formula for treating "intestinal wind bleeding" has good results. It is often combined with "burnt madder root," "charred sophora fruit," and "fried sophora flower" to stop bleeding and dispel wind.
