Angelica sinensis is a food and medicine product that can be taken orally when cooked.
Angelica sinensis is the dried root of Angelica sinensis, family Umbelliferae. It is sweet, pungent and warm in nature. It belongs to the liver, heart and spleen meridians. It can nourish blood and activate blood circulation, regulate menstruation and relieve pain, moisten the intestines and pass stool. Used for blood deficiency, dizziness, palpitations, menstrual disorders, dysmenorrhea, cold abdominal pain, rheumatism paralysis, bruises, carbuncle (a kind of poisonous sores, acute suppurative diseases occurring on the surface of the body, limbs, internal organs) sores, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Because of the warm nature of Angelica sinensis, it is forbidden to be taken by patients who have fever and bleeding, and Angelica sinensis can pass stools, so it should be taken with caution by those who are full of dampness (dampness is too heavy to cause fullness and discomfort in the spleen and stomach) and those who have loose stools.
Patients are advised to use the medicine under the guidance of a doctor.