Taiwan Angelica Root

Taiwan Angelica Root
Name
Taiwan Angelica Root
Latin Pharmaceutical Name
Angelicae Dahuricae Radix
Chinese Name
白芷
Category
Roots and rhizomes

Taiwan Angelica RootMore Info

Production Regions
Primarily produced in Chinese provinces of Zhejiang, Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning.
Macroscopic Features
Semi-conical shape, 10~20cm long, 2~2.5cm diameter. Externally grayish-brown with raised horizontal lenticels, and concave stem scars on the apex. Hard texture, white fractured surface; powdery; cortex has many scattered brown oil spots. Aromatic odor; taste acrid and slightly bitter.
Quality Requirements
Superior medicinal material is thick and strong, hard, white, powery, and potently aromatic.
Properties
Acrid; warm.
Functions
Removing rheumatism, activate blood, clearing pus, engendering skin, relieving pain. Apply to headache, toothache, persistent turbid nasal discharge, anal fistula due to intestine wind, red and white leucorrhea, ulcer and sore, skin itch.
Technical Terms
‘Pimple spots’: This refers to raised horizontal lenticels on the cortex of Bai zhi medicinal material.
Origin
The dried root of Angelica dahurica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f. var. formosana (Boiss.) Shan et Yuan. (Apiaceae).

Taiwan Angelica RootHerbs in the formula

Agastache Qi-Correcting Powder

Agastache Qi-Correcting Powder

Action:Releases the exterior and removes dampness, rectifies qi and harmonizes the center.
Indication:Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San is indicated for the contraction of exogenous wind-cold and internal damage by internal dampness. The symptoms include aversion to co1d with fever, headache, chest and diaphragm distension and depression, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, bowel sounds and diarrhea. The tongue has a white, greasy tongue coating. It can also be used to treat conditions that are contracted from the clouds and mists in the mountains, malaria, etc.
Bupleurum and Pueraria Muscle-Resolving Decoction

Bupleurum and Pueraria Muscle-Resolving Decoction

Action:Releases the flesh and clears heat.
Indication:Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang is indicated for externally contracted wind-cold that has become constrained and transforms into a heat pattern. The signs and symptoms include gradually reducing aversion to cold and increasing body heat, absence of sweat, headache, eye pain, dryness of the nose, vexation, insomnia, dry throat, impaired hearing, orbit pain, a thin yellow tongue coating, and a superficial, slightly surging pulse.
True Jade Powder

True Jade Powder

Action:Dispels wind and dissolves phlegm, relieves spasms and arrests convulsion.
Indication:Yu Zhen San is indicated for tetanus. The symptoms are lockjaw, tightly-closed mouth and lips, stiff body, opisthotonus, and a wiry, tight pulse; there could even be gnashed teeth and a contracted tongue.
Immortal Formula Life-Giving Beverage

Immortal Formula Life-Giving Beverage

Action:Clears heat, resolves toxins, disperses swelling, promotes suppuration, invigorates blood, and relieves pain.
Indication:This formula is indicated for yang patterns in the initial stage with sores, abscesses, and ulcers. The symptoms are redness, swelling, and pain in the affected areas, fear of cold with fever, a thin white or yellow tongue coating, and a forceful, rapid pulse.
Tea-Mix and Chuanxiong Powder

Tea-Mix and Chuanxiong Powder

Action:Scatters wind and relieves pain.
Indication:Chuan Xiong Cha Tiao San is indicated for headaches caused by externally-contracted wind. The symptoms are headache in any part of the head, dizzy vision, and nasal congestion possibly accompanied by aversion to wind and fever. The tongue coating is thin and white, and the pulse is floating.
Large Gentian Decoction

Large Gentian Decoction

Action:Scatters wind and clears heat, nourishes and invigorates blood.
Indication:Da Qin Jiao Tang is indicated for an early stage of a wind attacking the channels and collaterals pattern. The symptoms are deviation of the eyes and mouth, difficulty in speaking due to stiff tongue, an inability to move the extremities, often accompanied by aversion to cold with fever, spasms and tension of the extremities, a white or yellow tongue coating, and a superficial, rapid pulse or wiry, thin pulse.
Nine Ingredients Notopterygium Decoction

Nine Ingredients Notopterygium Decoction

Action:Induces sweating, expels dampness, and clears internal heat.
Indication:Jiu Wei Qiang Huo Tang is indicated for an exterior pattern with externally contracted wind-cold-dampness complicated by interior heat. The symptoms are aversion to cold, fever, absence of sweating, headache, painful stiff nape, pain and soreness of the limbs and body, bitter taste, and thirst. The tongue coating is white or light yellow, and the pulse is superficial or superficial and tight.
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