Chinese angelica root (Dang Gui)

Effects of Chinese angelica root

• Improves blood circulation
• Improves the immune system
• Antiplatelet
• Promotes red blood cell productionProtects the liver
• Hypotensive vasodilator

Indications for Chinese angelica root

• Premenstrual syndrome
• Menstrual pain with delayed or few periods
• Amenorrhea
• Spasmodic dysmenorrhea
• Estrogen and progesterone deficiency
• At risk of miscarriage
• Epigastric and abdominal pain
• Anemia
• Cardiac arrhythmia
• Thrombosis
• Phlebitis
• Constipation with blood problems

Instructions for use and dosage

From 4 to 15g, standard 8g

1) Rinse the herbs in cold water, place them in a container that is not made of iron, aluminum or cast iron and add 250ml of cold water (spring or filtered water).
2) Let the herbs soak in the water for 20 or 30 minutes.
3) Heat the pot (with the same water) over high heat until boiling. As soon as the water is boiling, turn down the heat and simmer for 20 minutes. Drink hot.
4) If you need 2 decoctions a day, pour the liquid obtained into another container or thermos flask.
5) Pour 250ml (or just enough water to cover the herbs) of spring water over the same herbs and heat again over high heat, then turn down to low heat as soon as the water is boiling.
6) Simmer for 20 minutes.
7) Pour off the liquid obtained with the 1st decoction.
8) Drink the decoction hot or lukewarm in 2 batches, morning and afternoon.

Combinations

Chinese angelica can be combined with many herbs or foods, for example:

• 10g of Chinese angelica root with 60g of astragalus root in 600ml of water, cover, heat to boiling and then simmer for 2 hours.
  This formula is used for exhaustion due to blood loss, recalcitrant pustules or abscesses, and by some practitioners to increase the number of white and red blood cells in people undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy.
• Combine with azuki beans for bleeding hemorrhoids.

Contraindication

– Chinese angelica root alone is contraindicated for people :

• Weak digestion
• bloating/flatulence
• with loose stools or chronic diarrhea.

– Also contraindicated for pregnant women.

Do not use Chinese angelica root if you are taking another anti-platelet agent such as aspirin. See a list of other antiplatelet agents.