Rhizome of Radde Anemone Classic Formulas … Natural Herb Library

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Dispels wind-damp and relieves stubborn joint pain ... Zhu Jie Xiang Fu is used for cold-damp obstruction, aching limbs, and painful joints with a resistant quality.
Reduces swelling and relieves fixed obstructive pain ... traditional use includes painful swellings, neuralgia-type discomfort, and hard obstructive soreness.
Resolves toxic swellings in the broader Anemone raddeana tradition ... older use extends to boils, carbuncles, and inflamed lesions where a hot toxic rhizome was chosen.

Wind-damp pain combinations pair Zhu Jie Xiang Fu with Qin Jiao or Wei Ling Xian when cold obstruction and joint pain dominate.
Swelling and fixed-pain patterns combine it with Ru Xiang or Mo Yao when the goal is to break resistant painful accumulations.
Toxic-swelling folk combinations pair it with Jin Yin Hua or Pu Gong Ying when hot swollen lesions are prominent.

Traditional sources on Anemone raddeana describe the rhizome as pungent, hot, and toxic, used mainly for wind-damp pain and swelling.
The clinical distinction from Liang Tou Jian here is mostly naming emphasis and trade presentation, not a different species or radically different pharmacology.