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Angelica, the name of Chinese medicine. It is the dried root of Angelica sinica (Oliv.) Diels. It is mainly produced in the southeast of Gansu. Yixian County has a large output and good quality, followed by Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei and other provinces, all of which are cultivated. It has the functions of nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, regulating menstrual pain, moisturizing intestines and laxative. Commonly used for blood deficiency and chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, atrophic cold, abdominal pain, rheumatism and pain, fall injury, ulcer sore, dry bowel constipation. Alcoholic angelica blood circulation. It is used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism and pain.

Chinese scientific name: Angelica
nickname: Dried Angelica, Horsetail Angelica, Qingui, Horsetail Angelica, Yungui, West Angelica, Angelica
boundary: Plant kingdom
door: Angiosperm
Tsuna: Dicotyledoneae
Head: Umbellifera

Branch: Umbelliferae
Genus: When attribution
Species: Angelica
distribution area: Mainly produced in the southeast of Gansu. Yixian County has a large output and good quality.
Harvest time: Mining in late autumn
Amount: 6 12g
Storage: Store in a cool and dry place, moisture-proof and moth-proof

Angelica sinensis

Dry root.

Angelica flavor

Sweet and spicy, warm in nature.

Angelica sinensis

Return to liver, heart and spleen.

Angelica Efficacy

Replenishes blood and promotes blood circulation, regulates menstruation and analgesia, moisturizes the bowel, and defecates.

Angelica Indications

It is used for blood deficiency and chlorosis, dizziness and palpitations, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, amenorrhea, asthenia, abdominal pain, rheumatism, palsy injury, ulcer sore, dry bowel and constipation. Alcoholic angelica blood circulation. It is used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism and pain.

Angelica related compatibility

1. Difficulty in treating bowel movements: Angelica and white lotus root are divided into two ends, each serving costs two yuan, under rice soup. ("St. Francis Xavier")

2. Regulate Yirongwei, nourish qi and blood, cure impotence and damage, irregular menstruation, umbilical abdomen pain, leakage during collapse, blood clots stiff, pain and rest, cold pregnancy, inappropriate treatment, fetal movement Uneasy, more than blood, and postpartum deficiency, wind chills, internal lochia, nocturnal congestion, low abdominal pain, seasonal cold: Angelica sinensis (goat reed, wine dip, stir-fried), Chuanxiong, Paeonia lactiflora, cooked dried rehmannia (Wine sprinkled and steamed) each divided equally. A total of rough. For each three servings, one and a half of water, fry to eight cents, remove the slag heat, and eat before taking the food. ("Square" Siwu Tang)

2, the maid of the moon is inaccessible: Angelica (cut, baked) one or two, dry paint (fried out of smoke), half a half each. The top three flavors are smashed, and the smelt honey and pill are as big as sycamore seeds. Twenty pills per serving, under warm wine. ("Shengji General Records" Angelica pill)

3. Postpartum pain in the abdomen and cold and hernia due to lack of labor: Angelica three or two, ginger five or two, one pound of lamb. On the three flavors, take eight liters of water, boil three liters, warm serving Qihe, three servings daily. ("Golden Sweep" Angelica Ginger Lamb Soup)

4, treatment of pregnancy and fetal movements, waist and abdomen pain: Angelica half two (file), light one point (fine cut). For the second flavor, first use three pieces of water, fry to two pieces, add one piece of good wine, fry for a few times, remove the residue, and divide into three servings. ("Sheng Ji's General Records" Antai drink)

5. For treating sore soup and burning fire, the pain is even worse: one or two ash, four or two sesame oil, one or two halves of angelica (raw file). First fry Angelica sinensis to make it black, filter out the ravioli, add wax into it, wait for it to disappear, and then stir it up, then put it into a magnetic box and close it. ("Sheng Hui Fang" miraculous white cream)

Angelica usage dosage

6 ~ 12g.

Angelica Concoction

Angelica collection and processing

Dig at the end of autumn to remove the fibrous roots and silt. After the water evaporates slightly, bundle them into small handles, shed them, and slowly dry them with fireworks.

Angelica processing method

1. Angelica: remove impurities, wash, moisten, cut into thin slices, dry in the sun or dry at low temperature.

2. Angelica Sinensis: Take the Angelica Sinensis film and stir-fry it according to the Liquor Sunburn Method (Appendix IID).

Angelica plant characteristics

Herbs perennial, 0.4-1 m high. Roots are cylindrical, branched, have most fleshy fibrous roots, yellow-brown, and have a strong aroma. Stems erect, greenish white or purplish, with deep grooves, smooth and glabrous. The leaves are three to two pinnately divided, the petiole is 3-11 cm long, and the base is swollen into a tubular membranous sheath, purple or green. The outline of the basal leaves and the lower part of the stem is ovate, 8-18 cm long. 15-20 cm wide, 3 pairs of small leaflets, 1 pair of petioles below 0.5-1.5 cm long, 1 pair sessile near apex, terminal lobes ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 1-2 cm long, wide 5-15 mm, 2-3 lobed, with nick-like serrations at the edges and pointed tips at the ends of the teeth; sparse papillary white hairs on the underside of the leaves and edges; upper stem leaves simplified into sac-like sheaths and pinnately divided blade. Complex umbel, inflorescence pedicel 4-7 cm long, densely pilose; umbrella spokes 9-30; total bracts 2, linear, or absent; small umbrellas with flowers 13-36; small total bracts 2 -4, linear; flowers white, densely pilose-pubescent; calyx teeth 5, ovate; petals long ovate, apex narrowly pointed, inwardly folded; style short, style base conical. The fruit is elliptic to ovate, 4-6 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, dorsal ridged, raised, side edges with wide and thin wings, as wide or slightly wider as the fruit body, wing edges light purple, inside the groove There are oil pipe 1 and synthetic oil pipe 2. Flowering from June to July, fruiting from July to September.

Angelica growth environment

It is mainly produced in the southeast of Gansu. Yixian County has a large output and good quality, followed by Yunnan, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei and other provinces, all of which are cultivated.

Angelica Trait Identification

Angelica sinensis

Slightly cylindrical, with 3 to 5 or more branches at the lower part, 15 to 25 cm long. Surface yellow-brown to tan, with longitudinal wrinkles and horizontally long pore-like protrusions. Root head (return head) 1.5 to 4 cm in diameter, ring-shaped, rounded obtuse, or several prominent rhizome marks, purple or yellow-green stems and leaf sheath residues; the surface of the main root (return) is uneven ; Branch root (back to the tail) diameter of 0.3 ~ lcm, thicker and thinner, more twisted, with a few fibrous root marks. The texture is flexible, the section is yellowish white or yellowish brown, the skin is thick, there are cracks and most of the brown point-like secretory cavities, the wood is lighter in color, forming a layer of yellowish brown. Has a strong aroma, sweet, spicy and slightly bitter.

Those with large firewood, dry oil-free or green-brown section are not available for medicinal use.

Angelica sinensis traits

1. Angelica: It is similar to round, oval or irregular slices. The outer skin is yellow-brown to tan. The cut surface is yellowish white or light brownish yellow, flat, cracked, with a light brown layered ring in the middle, and most of the brown oil spots, strong aroma, sweet, spicy, slightly bitter.

2, wine angelica: shaped like angelica film. The cut surface is dark yellow or light brownish yellow with slight focal spots. The nose is intense and slightly winey.

Angelica Related Discussion

1. "Materia Medica": "Angelica sinensis is sweet and heavy, so it is capable of invigorating blood, and its qi is light and bitter, so it is able to perform blood. It is also the holy medicine in the blood. "" Approximately it is supplemented by supplements, so it can nourish glory and nourish blood, nourish qi and vitality, secure the five internal organs, strong physiques, benevolent minds, and all physical damages are omnipotent. Zuo The attack is the pass, so it can relieve pain, laxatives, sharpen bones and bones, and cure symptoms such as paralysis, paralysis, dryness, and astringency. "

2. "Materia Medica Justice": "Return to the Lord's defense, supplement the inherent power, return to the tail, pass the blood stasis and self-examination, and return to the head and up the nature, blood in the stool, drowning, yin and so on. If it is vomiting blood and spitting blood, it will help the temperature rise, is nt it for the tiger fuyi? It is the proper treatment of the word hemostasis, and it must not be held to one word. And it is misunderstood that it is omnipotent. And for those who lose blood, irritated by fire and fire, disturbing the blood network, and those who do not follow the old path, they are in fact the majority, the smell of angelica is thick, the line is more than enough, the code is insufficient, and The word "inconceivable" should be regarded as unbelievable.

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