Angelica Sinensis, commonly known as dong quai or “female ginseng” is a herb from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China. Angelica Sinensis grows in cool high altitude mountains in China. The yellowish-brown root of the plant is harvested in fall and is a well-known Chinese medicine used over thousands of years.
Angelica root has a long history of traditional use for respiratory and digestive comfort and is valued as a warming herb in TCM., and it is generally used as a stimulating expectorant, combined with other expectorants the action of which is facilitated, and to a large extent diffused, through the whole of the pulmonary region. It is also a useful agent for feverish conditions, acting as a diaphoretic.
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