What are the effects and functions of Angelica dahurica

Angelica dahurica is a Chinese medicine with a mild nature and flavor that can treat many diseases. Among these 5 medicines, it has the effects of detoxification and beauty, so it has always been very popular. Many people usually have colds, dizziness and headaches. At this time, we can use Angelica dahurica as a medicine for treatment and radical cure to achieve the effect of root removal, detoxification and heat dissipation. So what are the effects and functions of Angelica dahurica?

Angelica dahurica is pungent and warm in nature; it enters the lung, stomach, and large intestine meridians; it is aromatic and dispersing; it has the effects and functions of dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, dispersing cold and relieving pain, removing dampness and opening the orifices, and reducing swelling and discharging pus.

Dietary effects

Angelica dahurica is pungent and warm in nature; it enters the lung, stomach, and large intestine meridians; it is aromatic and dispersing;

It has the effects of dispelling wind and relieving exterior symptoms, dispelling cold and relieving pain, removing dampness and opening the orifices, and reducing swelling and discharging pus;

It is mainly used to treat colds, headaches, pain in the brow bone, toothache, itchy eyes and tears, nasal congestion, sinusitis, chronic diarrhea due to excessive dampness, intestinal wind, hemorrhoids, leucorrhea, carbuncles, pruritus, scabies, and snake bites.

Medicinal uses of Angelica dahurica:

1. Used for colds, headaches, and nasal congestion. It is often used in combination with Saposhnikovia divaricata, Qianghuo, etc.

2. Used for headache, toothache, sinusitis, rheumatism and pain. For the treatment of Yangming headache, brow pain, head wind pain, etc., for those with exogenous wind-cold, it is combined with Schizonepeta, Saposhnikovia, and Chuanxiong; for those with exogenous wind-heat, it is combined with mint, chrysanthemum, and Vitex rotundus. For toothache caused by wind and fire, use gypsum and coptis root. It is used to treat nasal sinusitis and headache, and can be used together with Xanthium sibiricum, Magnolia bud and Mentha. It is used to treat rheumatism, cold arthralgia, and pain in the waist and back, and can be used together with Notopterygium wilfordii, Angelica dahurica, and Smilax glabra.

3. Used for sores, swelling and pain. For example, if mastitis is just in its early stages, it can be used together with dandelion and trichosanthes; if pus is not draining smoothly, it can be used together with honeysuckle and radix trichosanthis.

4. Used for excessive vaginal discharge. For leukorrhea caused by cold and dampness, it can be used with antler frost, white atractylodes, and roasted ginger; for leukorrhea caused by damp and hot weather, it can be used with plantain seeds, phellodendron, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.8-2 qian; or make into pills or powder.

For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle or apply on affected area.

[Dos and Don’ts] People with Yin deficiency and blood heat should not take it.

① "Bencao Jing Jizhu": Angelica sinensis is the messenger. Evil Inula flower.

② "Bencao Jingshu": It is forbidden to use for those who vomit due to fire. Do not use if leakage of red and white discharge is caused by yin deficiency, fire and blood heat. Once the carbuncle has ulcerated, the swelling should be gradually reduced.

[Selected prescriptions]

①For treating headache and eye pain: 4g of Angelica dahurica and 1g of Aconitum carmichaelii. Grind the above ingredients into powder, take one dose each time, mix with tea. If someone suffers from eye pain, first hold water in your mouth, then sniff this into your nose, the effect will be faster. (Baizhi powder from Zhu's Collection of Medical Prescriptions)

②For treating vertigo caused by various wind factors, wind-induced cold in women before and after childbirth, dizziness and heaviness of the head, headache caused by blood wind, sudden cold and warmth, unclear mind, dizziness caused by typhoid fever, etc.: Grind Angelica dahurica (soak it in boiling water for four or five times), mix with refined honey and make pills as big as marbles. Take one pill each time, chew it carefully with some schizonepeta and wax tea. (Duliang Pills from "Bai Yi Xuan Fang")

③Treat hemiplegia: Angelica dahurica, Asarum, Gypsum, Frankincense, Myrrh (to remove oil). Take equal parts of the above ingredients, grind them into fine powder, and blow them into the nose. If it hurts on the left side, blow it into the right side; if it hurts on the right side, blow it into the left side. (Baizhi Xixin Blowing Nose Powder from "Zhongfutang Public Prescription")

There are many functions and effects of Angelica dahurica. Different medicines can produce different effects. For example, using Angelica dahurica together with many traditional Chinese medicines can treat headaches. Boiling Angelica dahurica in boiling water and drinking it can treat risk headaches, dizziness and coma before and after delivery.