Enriching blood and nourishing blood
Angelica sinensis is sweet and heavy, and it can replenish blood, which is the first to replenish blood. It is suitable for pallor or sallow, fatigue, tears, dizziness, palpitation, insomnia and other symptoms caused by deficiency of heart, liver and blood. Siwutang, a representative prescription for nourishing blood, is composed of Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba and Rhizoma Chuanxiong. It has the function of regulating menstruation and enriching blood, and is especially suitable for conditioning and treating postpartum blood deficiency.
purge
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that essence and blood are homologous, and those with blood deficiency are also deficient in body fluid, and insufficient intestinal fluid is easy to cause constipation. Angelica sinensis can moisten the intestines and relieve constipation, and is often used with hemp seed, bitter almond and rhubarb to treat constipation due to blood deficiency. Together with Radix Saposhnikoviae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Radix Paeoniae, Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, Folium Menthae, Herba Ephedrae, etc. , can clear away heat and relax bowels.
Regulating menstruation and promoting blood circulation
Angelica sinensis is light and pungent, so it can promote blood circulation. It can not only dredge menstruation, but also activate collaterals and relieve pain. Especially suitable for women, especially for irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, blood deficiency amenorrhea and other diseases. It was called "the holy medicine of gynecology" by the ancients. It is compatible with peach kernel, safflower, prepared rehmannia root, white peony root and Ligusticum chuanxiong to form a famous gynecological prescription-Taohong Siwu decoction, which is often used for premature menstruation and dysmenorrhea.
Effect on uterine smooth muscle
The volatile oil of Angelica sinensis has inhibitory effect on isolated uterus, which relaxes rhythmic contraction and antagonizes uterine contraction.
Anticancer effect
Angelica sinensis can be widely used in various tumors, especially gynecological tumors, especially those with qi stagnation and blood stasis. When returned, it can be used for patients with advanced cancer with blood deficiency and thin body, or patients with weak vital energy after surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, so as to strengthen the body resistance and fight cancer.
anti-ageing
Angelica sinensis decoction has obvious effect on learning and memory in mice. It can improve dementia caused by aluminum trichloride, reduce the level of peroxide ester and the oxidation activity of monoamine B in the brain of dementia mice, and can treat Alzheimer's disease.
Prevention and treatment of chilblain
Traditional Chinese medicine believes that chilblain is caused by yang deficiency in the body, invasion of external cold, stagnation of yang and blood stasis caused by cold. Therefore, it is often used to warm channels and dispel cold, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and relieve swelling and pain. Danggui Ginger Mutton Soup is from Treatise on Febrile Diseases. In the prescription, Angelica sinensis nourishes blood and promotes blood circulation, ginger warms yang and dispels cold, and mutton tonifies deficiency and produces blood. The whole prescription has the effects of nourishing blood and promoting blood circulation, warming yang and dispelling cold.
immunologic function
Angelica sinensis and its extracts, sodium ferulate and angelica polysaccharide, have obvious stimulating effects on monocyte-macrophage system, and also have immunomodulation and recovery effects on immunocompromised organisms. When returned, it can promote lymphocyte transformation in healthy people.