Chinese name:

Source:

Angelicae Sinensis Radix - root

Nature:

• warm

Taste:

• sweet, pungent

Tropism:

• liver
• heart
• spleen (lungs)

Direction of action:

• ascending

Effects:

• dynamically replenishes blood (replenishes blood Qi)

• is called the "female Ginseng"
• moistens the intestines

Dosage:

• 3 – 10 g, standardly 6 g

Contraindications:

• diarrhoea, loose stools, loss of appetite due to spleen weakness