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Doubleteeth Angelicae Root

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Angelicae Pubescentis Radix

Chinese Name

独活

Category

Roots and rhizomes

Doubleteeth Angelicae RootMore Info

Production Regions

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Sichuan, Hubei.

Macroscopic Features

Root head and main root is thick and short, slightly cylindrical, 1.5~4cm long, 1.5~3.5cm diameter; lower portion has numerous curved lateral roots that are 12~30cm long and 0.5~1.5cm in diameter. Externally rough, grayish-brown, with irregular longitudinal wrinkles and horizontal cracks, and numerous horizontally-oriented lenticels; root head has ring striations with numerous scars of leaf stem, inner center has indented scar of stem. Hard texture; fractured surface is grayish-yellow-white, cambium is brown, cortex has brown oil spots, xylem is yellowish-brown; fractured surface of root head has large pith and oil spots. Distinctively aromatic odor; bitter and acrid taste, slightly numbing to the tongue.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material is thick and strong, oily and potent aromatic.

Properties

Acrid, bitter; slightly warm.

Functions

Dispels wind, eliminates dampness, frees cold, stops pain. apply to wind-cold and damp impediment, pain of waist and knees, subside wind of Shao Yin and headache, headache and toothache.

Origin

The dried root of Angelica pubescens Maxim. f. biserrata Shan et Yuan (Apiaceae).

Doubleteeth Angelicae RootHerbs in the formula

Pubescent Angelica and Mistletoe Decoction

Action：Dispels wind-dampness, relieves pain, boosts the liver and kidney, supplements qi and blood.

Indication：This formula is indicated for long-term bi syndrome associated with deficiency of the liver and kidney and insufficiency of qi and blood. The symptoms include pain and flaccidity of the waist and knees, disorder of flexion and extension of the joints, numbness, fear of cold with a preference for warmth, palpitations, and shortness of breath. The tongue is pale with a white coating and the pulse is thready and weak.

View Details Dampclearing formulas

Toxin-Resolving Powder

Action：Dissipates cold, removes dampness, boosts qi, and releases the exterior.

Indication：Bai Du San is indicated for the pattern of externally contracted wind-cold-dampness. The symptoms are strong aversion to cold, high fever, headache, neck stiffness and pain, body soreness and pain, absence of sweating, stuffy nose, harsh voice, cough with phlegm, pi, and distressed chest and diaphragm. The tongue is pale with a white coating, and the pulse is superficial and forceless upon pressing.

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Notopterygium Dampness-Drying Decoction

Action：Dispels wind, overcomes dampness, and relieves pain.

Indication：Qiang Huo Sheng Shi Tang is indicated for bi syndrome caused by wind-dampness in the exterior. The symptoms are pain of the shoulder and back, headache and heavy body sensation, pain of the waist and spine that make the patient unable to turn over. The coating is white and the pulse is floating.

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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.

View Details Wind-calming formulas