The efficacy and function of Angelica Root

Diseases require improvement through medicine. Different diseases require different medicine choices. If you want to treat your own diseases well, you need to use the right medicine. The traditional Chinese medicine Angelica vine is also very helpful in treating certain diseases. Let’s take a look at this medicinal herb.

[Other names] Daliwang, Shaiqisuo (Guangzhou Air Force's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"), Tigertail Grass ("Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines in Simao, Yunnan").

[Source] It is the root or vine of the Myrsinaceae plant , Saccharum officinale . It can be harvested throughout the year, washed, sliced ​​and dried.

【Original form】 Evergreen woody vine-like shrub. The roots are very long. The branches are slender and gray-brown in appearance; young branches are covered with rusty glandular hairs. Leaves are alternate, arranged in 2 rows, oblong-ovate, 0.5-1.8 cm long, 0.3-0.9 cm wide, obtuse at the apex, round or cordate at the base, with yellow glandular hairs on the main veins, and dense golden oil spots on the leaves; petioles are short. Flowers are unisexual and dioecious, small, greenish-white or purple, and petiolate; clustered inflorescences are attached to side branches or terminal branches, with slightly scaly bases; calyx has 4-5 lobes, separate, persistent, 4-5 petals, arranged in a shingle-like manner, with smooth and hairless back; 4-5 stamens, attached to the petals, ovary degenerates in male flowers, conical, spherical or ovoid in female flowers, style cylindrical, stigma capitate. The drupe is spherical, red, and about 4 mm in diameter. Flowering period is from April to May. The fruiting period is from August to September.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in the relatively shady and moist places on the hillsides at the edge of shrub forests. Distributed in Guangdong, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

[Properties] The root is gray-brown on the outside, reddish-brown on the inside, and has chrysanthemum patterns on the cross section.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, warm.

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis, tonify the kidney and strengthen the waist. Treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, anemia, bruises and fractures.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. For external use: mash and apply.

[Additional prescription] For treating fractures: Tigertail grass, plantain, spatula leaves, and black heart. Mash the medicine and apply it to the affected area, changing the dressing every other day. (Selected Chinese Herbal Medicines from Simao, Yunnan)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From the Guangzhou Air Force's "Handbook of Commonly Used Chinese Herbal Medicines"

Through the detailed introduction of Angelica vine, I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense in life.