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Root of Chinese Angelica; Chinese Angelica
Root of Chinese Angelica; Chinese Angelica. Class: Blood-Tonifying Medicinal. Properties: Sweet; Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Liver; Heart; Spleen
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Dang Gui
中文名 (Chinese)
当归
Latin Name
Angelicae Sinensis Radix; Radix Angelicae Sinensis
English Name
Root of Chinese Angelica; Chinese Angelica
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sweet; Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Heart; Spleen
Part Used
Root
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Blood-Tonifying Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
补血药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To enrich blood, activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, relieve pain, and relax bowels.
Indication (主治)
Women’s diseases, blood deficiency syndrome, menstrual disorder, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea due to anemia, thrombophlebitis, neuralgia, arthritis, chronic nephritis, constrictive aortitis, blood vaculty, pernicious anemia, anemia due to folic acid deficiency, dysentery, hepatitis, raynaud’s disease, lumbago, various pains due to blood stasis and rheumatic impediment, sores, welling abscess, constipation, ulcer in gastrointestinal tract, skin diseases, eczema, dermatitis, neuroderm
Clinical Manifestations
1. dilating coronary artery, increasing coronary flow and decreasing oxygen consumption. 2. relieving myocardial ichemia induced by pituitrin in animals. 3. ferulic acid, one of its active components, can lower the level of blood lipids and counter the de
🔗 External References
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