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Botanical name |
Angelica sinensis |
| Pin yin name | Dang Gui | |
| Pin yin description | The meaning is to return; there is a story about this name: that a woman who is feeling irritable and not wanting to have anything to do with her husband, if she takes this herb, will feel better and return to him, hence the name. | |
| Other common names | Dong Quai, Tang-kuei, and other transliterations of the original Chinese name; Chinese Angelica | |
| Part used | Root | |
| Taste | Sweet, Pungent | |
| Nature | Warm | |
| Traditional Chinese uses | Supplement blood, activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, alleviate pain, moisten the intestines.. | |
| Traditional Chinese applications | Blood deficiency syndromes; irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, and dysmenorrhea due to deficiency and stagnation of blood; abdominal pain due to deficiency and cold; pain due to stagnation of blood; traumatic injury; pain and numbness in muscles and joints; boils and carbuncles; constipation due to deficient blood and dry intestines. | |
| Possible unwanted effects | Large doses may cause nausea or diarrhoea | |
| Herb drug interactions | Concerns have been raised about the possibility of potentiation of Warfarin (coumadin) action on platelet aggregation. | |
| TCM and other contraindications | Diarrhoea or abdominal distention due to damp obstruction; yin deficiency with heat signs | |
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