Danggui Yinzi Recipe Song and Composition

Angelica is a very good Chinese medicinal material. Its uses are also diverse. Many diseases can be treated with this Chinese medicinal material. Even chronic diseases such as stroke can be treated with Angelica. Although there is no way to completely cure the symptoms of stroke in a short period of time, Angelica can be used as an auxiliary treatment to prevent patients from suffering from hypoxia again and improve hemiplegia.

Medicinal properties

The whole plant is slightly cylindrical, with 3 to 5 or more lateral roots at the bottom, 15 to 25 cm long. The outer skin is fine and dense, the surface is yellow-brown to brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and long horizontal lenticels. The root head (guitou) is 1.5 to 4 cm in diameter, with annular marks, blunt upper end, and purple or yellow-green stem and sheath remnants; the main root (guishen) has an uneven surface; the branch root (guitai) is 0.3 to 1 cm in diameter, thick on the top and thin on the bottom, twisted, and has a few traces of fibrous roots.

The texture is flexible, with yellow-white or light yellow-brown cross section, thick cortex with cracks and numerous brown dot-like secretory cavities, lighter wood, and yellow-brown cambium ring. The wood is lighter in color; there is usually pith and cavity in the center of the cross section of the rhizome. Sweet, spicy, warm. It enters the liver, heart and spleen meridians. Those that are woody, dry and oilless, or have a green-brown cross-section cannot be used for medicinal purposes.

Function and indications

1. Efficacy: Used to treat unconsciousness caused by stroke, foaming at the mouth, and postpartum paralysis.

① Anti-hypoxia effect;

② Regulate the body's immune function and have anti-cancer effects;

③ Skin care and beauty effects;

④ The effect of nourishing blood and activating blood circulation;

⑤ Antibacterial and anti-atherosclerotic effects.

2. Usage and dosage: Fry until black, grind into fine powder, use 9 grams each time, add 1 cup of water and a little wine, decoct and drink. 6 to 12 grams.

3. Storage: Store in a cool and dry place, away from moisture and insects.

4. Preparation: Angelica fluid extract

5. Recipe: equal parts of Angelica sinensis and Schizonepeta tenuifolia.

Nature and flavor: warm in nature, sweet and spicy in taste. It enters the liver, heart and spleen meridians.

Functions and indications: Nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation and relieves pain, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements. It is used for chlorosis due to blood deficiency, dizziness and palpitations, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold, dry intestines and constipation, rheumatic pain, injuries from falls, carbuncles and ulcers.

Whole Angelica Grade 1: Dry Goods. The upper main root is cylindrical, and the lower part has multiple lateral roots. The root tip is no thinner than 0.2 cm. The surface is brown or yellowish brown, and the cross section is yellowish white or light yellow. It is oily, aromatic, and tastes sweet and slightly bitter. There are less than 40 roots per kilogram, without moss roots, impurities, insect columns, or mildew.