[Origin]

Chinese Angelica is the dried root of Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels (Fam. Umbelliferae). The drug is collected in late autumn, removed from rootlet and soil, slightly dried and tied up in small bundle, placed on a shelf and smoke-dried.

[Action]

To enrich blood, activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation, relieve pain, and relex bowels.

Radix Angelicae Sinensis (stir-baked with wine) To activate blood circulation and stimulate menstrual discharge.

[Indications]

1. It is efficacious in the treatment of flaccidity and pale complexion, vertigo, palpitation, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea due to blood deficiency.

2. It is efficacious for such conditions as traumatic injury, carbuncle, cellulitis, sore, ulcer and other skin and external diseases, arthralgia due to pathogenic wind-dampness, and abdominal pain due to stagnation of blood during menstruation and delivery.

3. It is efficacious for constipation due to the dryness of bowels and blood deficiency.

The raw Chinese angelica root (slices) is more eligible for enriching the blood and loosing the bowels, while the liquored Chinese angelica root is more eligible for promoting blood circulation and restoring menstrual flow.