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Chinese Angelica Root (Radix Angelicae Sinensis)

Location found

Gansu and Shanxi provinces, China

Flavor & Property

Sweet and pungent; warm

Effects

Promotes blood circulation, relieves pain and moistens the bowels

Use

Anemia with pale lips and tongue, dizziness etc.

* used with astragalus root

Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and menorrhalgia

* used with prepared rehmannia root, white peony root and donkey-hide gelatin

Pains due to rheumatic arthralgia

* used with red sage root, frankincense and myrrh

Rheumatic pains in the shoulders and arms

* used with notopterygium root, ledebouriella root and turmeric

Sores, carbuncles and other pyogenic skin infections

* used with honeysuckle flower, red peony and trichosanthes root

Dosage & Administration

5-15g (boiled in water for oral use)

Precaution & Contractindication

Diarrhea

Note: It is important to be evaluated by a health professional before taking this drug.

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