Can Angelica be chewed?

Angelica is not recommended to be chewed, Angelica needs to be decocted with water, and is often combined with other drugs to form different formulas.
Angelica is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine, has a very good blood tonic, blood effect, adverse reactions or contraindications are not clear. When Angelica sinensis is used as a medicine in clinical practice, it needs to be decocted and taken in soup, and cannot be chewed directly.
Clinically, Angelica sinensis is often used to treat deficiency of qi and blood, with the composition of astragalus and angelica; while the representative formula for tonifying blood and regulating menstruation is Si-wu Tang (四物汤), which consists of Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata (熟地黄), Radix Paeoniae Alba (白芍药), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (当归), Rhizoma Ligusticum (川芎). When Angelica sinensis is combined with other medicines to form a traditional Chinese medicine formula, they need to be decocted together in order for the medicinal effects to be realized.
In summary, Angelica sinensis is not recommended to be chewed directly. Consult a medical professional for advice.