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Angelica is a perennial herb that grows in cold and rainy areas. It is the root of the umbelliferae Angelica. It is a traditional Chinese medicinal material that nourishes blood and activates blood. In daily life, it has a good therapeutic effect on women with cold hands and feet and cold palace. Let’s follow the editor to learn about Angelica.
Angelica root is slightly cylindrical, with 3 to 5 or more branch roots at the lower part, 1.5 to 2.5 cm long, claybank to brown on the surface, with vertical wrinkles and horizontally long skin. The root head (guitou) has a diameter of 1.5 to 4 cm, with a ring pattern, and the surface of the main root (guishen) is uneven; the branch root (guishen) has a diameter of 0.3 to 1 cm, thick at the top and thin at the bottom, and twisted. The texture is flexible. The cross-section is yellow-white or light yellow-brown. The cambium ring is yellow-brown. The skin has many brown oil spots and cracks. The wood part has fine rays, strong aroma, sweet, slightly bitter, and tingling tongue. The main root is thick and long, with few roots, smooth, yellow-white in section, and strong in aroma. It has the effects of nourishing blood, promoting blood circulation, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and moistening the intestines;
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Indications of blood deficiency and blood stasis; dizziness, headache, palpitations, numbness of the limbs, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, uterine bleeding, coagulation, abdominal pain of deficiency and cold, paralysis of atrophy, red dysentery, dry intestines, difficulty in stool, bruises and swelling Pain, carbuncle sore.
Angelica volatile oil and ferulic acid can inhibit uterine smooth muscle contraction, while its water-alcohol-soluble non-volatile substances can excite uterine smooth muscle. The effect of Angelica on the uterus depends on the functional state of the uterus and presents a biphasic regulation effect. Butenolide can resist experimental asthma in guinea pigs caused by histamine-acetylcholine spray. Angelica has anti-platelet aggregation and anti-thrombotic effects, and can promote the production of hemoglobin and red blood cells; has anti-myocardial ischemia and vasodilator effects, and proves that ferulic acid can improve peripheral circulation; Angelica has effects on liver caused by experimental carbon tetrachloride Damage has a protective effect, and can promote liver cell regeneration and restore certain functions of the liver. In addition, there are sedative, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-hypoxia, anti-radiation damage, inhibition of the growth of certain tumor strains and in vitro antibacterial effects, etc.
