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Pin Yin: danggui-
Botanical family: Umbelliferae
Botanical name: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels
Primary action: Supplement Blood
Secondary actions:
Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet, acrid, bitter
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv, Sp
Actions:
Supplements Blood and regulates menses.
Quickens Blood; used in Blood Stasis conditions such as traumatic
injuries, abdominal pain, carbuncles; used for Vacuity of Blood with
Wind Damp Painful Impediment.
(See
Vacuity of Blood
;
Liver Blood Vacuity
;
Blood Stasis
;
Liver Blood Stasis
.)
Dosage:
1-5 qian.
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