The efficacy and function of wild angelica

Traditional Chinese medicine culture has now received great attention and development worldwide. Especially traditional Chinese medicine, many people now recognize the regulating effect of traditional Chinese medicine and like to regulate their bodies in daily life to maintain good health. In addition, some medicines can be cooked into porridge or soaked in water, such as wolfberry. Female friends are advised to eat more qi and blood-replenishing medicines such as astragalus and angelica. So what are the effects and functions of wild angelica?

Wild angelica is also known as wild angelica, Yunnan wild angelica, etc. It is the root of the wild angelica of Yunnan, a plant of the Apiaceae family. It is distributed in Yunnan Province. It has the effects of nourishing blood and regulating menstruation, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, and moistening the intestines and promoting bowel movements. It has therapeutic effects on irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, anemia, rheumatic joint pain, trauma, intestinal dryness and constipation, etc. Let’s take a look at the effects and functions of wild angelica!

Medicinal effects of wild angelica

[Nature and flavor] Bitter and spicy, slightly cold.

【entry into meridians】Lung, spleen, and liver meridians.

[Effects] Nourishes blood and regulates menstruation, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain, moistens the intestines and promotes bowel movements. It is mainly used to treat irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, anemia, rheumatic joint pain, traumatic injuries, and dry intestines and constipation.

Related combinations of wild angelica

1. Irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to blood stasis, anemia: 15-30g of Yunnan wild angelica, cooked with mutton, or 4.5g, decocted and taken orally.

2. Rheumatic bone pain, traumatic injury, intestinal dryness and constipation: 9-15 grams of Yunnan wild angelica, decocted in water or soaked in wine.

Pharmacological effects of wild angelica

1. Wild angelica has a contraction effect on the uterus.

2. Wild angelica affects metabolism and endocrine system, improving metabolism.

3. Wild angelica has antibacterial effects.

4. Wild angelica has a mild inhibitory effect on the central nervous system.

Morphological characteristics

Perennial herb with conical roots, 7-10cm long, with a few branches, forked in an adult shape, the root head is mostly not thick, with horizontal stripes, the surface is brown or dark reddish brown when dry, with longitudinal wrinkles and ridges. The stem is erect, about 1m high, hollow, glabrous on the surface, and has longitudinal stripes. The basal leaves have long petioles, which are up to 30 cm long; the leaves are two to three times odd-pinnate compound leaves, with ovate or broadly ovate leaflets, 2.5-4 cm long, 1.5-3 cm wide, pointed or obtuse at the apex, broadly cuneate at the base, slightly asymmetrical and decurrent on both sides, with irregular serrations on the edges, sometimes irregularly shallowly to deeply fissured, green above, light green below, glabrous on both sides, often with powder or small scales; the stem leaves are alternate, with petioles below the middle, gradually becoming smaller and nearly sessile upwards, simplified into sac-like, swollen purple sheaths. In summer and autumn, compound umbels emerge from the stem top and leaf axils; the bracteoles of the involucral bracts are linear and entire; there are 5 petals, obovate, white, with short pointed tips and incurved; there are 5 stamens, the ovary is inferior, 2-chambered, and the styles are 2 and recurved. The double-hanging fruit is rectangular-cylindrical, the fascicles are oblong, the five main ridges are significantly raised, the side ridges are slightly wider, the cross-section is semicircular, there are three oil tubes between each groove, and seven oil tubes on the commissure.