Journal
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE
Volume 48, Issue 1, Pages 1-16Publisher
WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD
DOI: 10.1142/S0192415X20500019
Keywords
Pain; Nociception; NSAIDS; Opioids; Herbal Medicine; Chinese Medicine; Corydalis yanhusuo; Ligusticum chuanxiong; Aconitum carmichaeli; Chinese Herbal Formulation; Review
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [81760711, 81460600, 81603274]
- State Scholarship Fund of China Scholarship Council [201808360056]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China [20171BAB205100, 20181BAB205080]
- 111 Project from the Ministry of Education of China [B16046]
- State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs of China [B16046]
- Fulbright Visiting Scholars Program from the U.S. Department of State [PS00267280]
- U.S. National Institutes of Health [AT004418, 5P30DK042086]
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Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience in many diseases and is often caused by intense or damaging stimuli. Pain negatively affects the quality of life and increases high health expenditures. Drugs with analgesic properties are commonly used to relieve pain, but these Western medications could be overwhelmed by side effects including tolerance and addiction. Herbal medicines may provide alternative measures for pain management. In this review paper, after introduction of Chinese medicine theory and treatment modality, emphasis is placed on the application of Chinese herbs and herbal formulations in pain management. Three of the most commonly used herbs, i.e., Corydalis yanhusuo, Ligusticum chuanxiong, and Aconitum carmichaeli, are reviewed. Subsequently, using this ancient medical remedy, Chinese herbal formulation in treating common medical conditions associated with pain, such as headache/migraine, chest pain, abdominal pain, low back pain, neuropathic pain, osteoarthritis, and cancer pain, is presented. Chinese herbal medicines could be considered as a complementary and integrative approach in the modern armamentarium in combating pain.
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