Dong Quai
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- Other Names: Angelica sinensis, Chinese angelica, dang gui, tang kuei
- Dong quai is a herb in the celery family native to China, Japan, and Korea. The root is medicinally active.
- Dong quai comes in tablet, liquid extract, and raw root forms. In Chinese medicine, dong quai is often boiled or soaked in wine. The root is removed and the liquid is taken orally.
Special Precautions of Dong Quai
The benefits of Dong Quai are
In Chinese medicine, different parts of the dong quai root are believed to have different actions - the head of the root has anticoagulant activity, the main part of the root is a tonic, and the end of the root eliminates blood stagnation. it is considered the "female ginseng" because of its balancing effect on the female hormonal system. However, studies have not found dong quai to have hormone-like effects.
- Menopause
- Weakness after childbirth
- Women's tonic
- Chronic nasal or sinus congestion
- PMS, painful menstruation
- Irregular menstrual bleeding
- Fibroid tumors
- High blood pressure
- Blood tonic
- Fibrocystic breast disease
- Rheumatic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis
- Anemia
- Allergies
- Constipation
- Shingles
- Hepatitis
- Headache
- Constipation
