Dang Gui
當歸 dāng guī, "should go back, state of return"

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Tonifying Herbs

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Pinyin Pronunciation:

	Tastes: Acrid , Sweet		Dosage: 4.5-15g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in those with diarrhea or abdominal fullness due to abundant dampness. See Toxicity.		Meridians: Heart , Spleen , Liver
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Consists of thick and long main roots, with a yellowish brown, soft outer bark, a yellowish white cross section, and a dense aroma.
	Reference Source: Changsha Explanation of Medicines Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (106) li shī qīng shǔ yì qì tāng (Master Li's Decoction to clear Summerheat and Augment the Qi) ài fù nuǎn gōng wán (Mugwort and Prepared Aconite Pill for Warming the Womb) bā zhēn tāng (Eight Treasure Decoction) bā zhēn yì mǔ wán (Eight Treasure Pill to Benefit Mothers) bǎi hé gù jīn tāng (Lily Bulb Decoction to Preserve the Metal) bǔ gān tāng (Tonify the Liver Decoction) bǔ zhōng yì qì tāng (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction) chái hú qīng gān tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear the Liver) chái hú sì wù tāng (Bupleurum and Four Substance Decoction) cháng níng tāng (Intestinal Serenity Decoction) chōng hé tāng (Flush and Harmonize Decoction) dà bǔ yúan jiàn (Great Tonify the Basal Decoction) dà fáng fēng tāng (Major Ledebouriella Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) dāng guī bǔ xuè tāng (Tangkuei Decoction to Tonify the Blood) dāng guī dì huáng yǐn (Tangkuei and Rehmannia Decoction) dāng guī jī xùe téng tāng (Tangkuei and Jixueteng Decoction) dāng guī liù huáng tāng (Tangkuei and Six-yellow Decoction) dāng guī lóng huì wán (Tangkuei, Gentiana Longdancao, and Aloe Pill) dāng guī sǎn (Tangkuei Powder) dāng guī sháo yào sǎn (Tangkuei and Peony Powder) dāng guī shēng jiāng yáng ròu tāng (Mutton Stew with Tangkuei and Fresh Ginger) dāng guī sì nì tāng (Tangkuei Decoction for Frigid Extremities) diē dǎ wán (Trauma Pill) dīng xiāng jiāo ài tāng (Clove, Ass-Hide Gelatin, and Mugwort Decoction) dú huó jì shēng tāng (Angelica Pubescens and Sang-Ji-Sheng Decoction) èr xiān tāng (Two-Immortal Decoction) fáng fēng tōng shèng sǎn (Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks) fù yuán huó xuè tāng (Revive health by Invigorate the blood Decoction) gé xià zhú yū tāng (Drive Out Blood Stasis Below the Diaphragm Decoction) gù běn zhǐ bēng tāng (Stabilize the Root and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Decoction) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) guī pí tāng (Restore the Spleen Decoction) guò qī yǐn (Delayed Menstruation Decoction) hǎi zǎo yù hú tāng (Sargassum Decoction for the Jade Flask) hé rén yǐn (Polygonum Multiflorum Root and Ginseng Decoction) hēi xiāo yáo sǎn (Black Rambling Powder) hǔ qían wàn modified (Hidden Tiger Pill from the Analytic Collection) huái jiǎo wán (Sophora Japonica Fruit Pill) huáng lóng tāng (Yellow Dragon Decoction) huó luò xiào líng dān (Wonderfully Effective Pill to Invigorate the Collaterals) Huo Xue Zhi Tong San (Move Blood Stop Pain Powder) jì chuān jiān (Benefit the River (Flow) Decoction) jiā wèi sì wù tāng (Augmented Four Substance Decoction) jiā wèi wǔ lín sǎn (Augmented Five-Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction) jiā wèi xiāo yáo sǎn jiāo ài tāng (Ass-Hide Gelatin and Mugwort Decoction) jīn shuǐ liù jūn jiān (Six-Gentleman of Metal and Water Decoction) juān bì tāng (Remove Painful Obstruction Decoction) lóng dǎn xiè gān tāng (Gentiana Long Gan Cao Decoction to Drain the Liver) míng mù dì huáng wán (Improve Vision Pill with Rehmannia) nèi shū huáng lián tāng (Internal Dispersing Decoction with Coptis) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) nǔan gān jīan (Warm the Liver Decoction) qī bǎo měi rán dān (Seven-Treasures Special Pill for Beautiful Whiskers) qín jiāo biē jiǎ sǎn (Gentiana Qinjiao and Soft-Shelled Turtle Shell Powder) qín lián sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction with Scutellaria and Coptis) qīng wèi sǎn (Clear the Stomach powder) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) rén shēn yǎng yíng tāng (Ginseng Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) rùn cháng wán (Moisten the Intestines Pill (from Master Shen's Bo) sān bì tāng (Three Painful Obstruction Decoction) sān huáng sì wù tāng (Three-Yellow and Four-Substance Decoction) sāng piāo xiāo sǎn (Mantis Egg-Case powder) shào fū zhú yū tāng (Drive Out Blood Stasis in the Lower Abdomen Decoction) sháo yào tāng (Peony Decoction) shén xiáo tuō lǐ sǎn (Miraculous Powder for Supporting the Interior) shēng huà tāng (Generation and Transformation Decoction ) shèng yù tāng (Sage-Like Healing Decoction) shí quán dà bǔ tāng (All-Inclusive Great Tonifying Decoction) shū fēng huò xuè tāng (Disperse Wind and Invigorate Blood Decoction) shū jīng huó xuè tāng (Relax the Channels and Invigorate the Blood Decoction) shùn jīng tāng (Smooth the Menses Decoction) sì miào yǒng ān tāng (Four-Valiant Decoction for Well-being) sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction) sì wù xiāo fēng yǐn (Eliminate Wind Decoction with the Four Substances) sū zǐ jiàng qì tāng (Perilla Fruit Decoction for Directing Qi Downward) táo hóng sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction with Safflower and Peach ) tòu nóng sǎn (Discharge Pus Powder) wēn jīng tāng (Warm the Menses Decoction) wēn qīng yǐn (Warming and Clearing Decoction) wǔ jī sǎn (Five Accumulation Powder) wǔ lín sǎn (Five-Ingredient Powder for Painful Urinary Dysfunction) wū méi wán (Mume Pill) xià kū cǎo gāo (Prunella Syrup) Xiān Fāng Huó Mìng Yǐn (Sublime Formula for Sustaining Life) xiāng bèi yǎng yíng tāng (Cyperus and Fritillaria Decoction to Nourish the Nutritive Qi) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder) xiāo fēng sǎn (Eliminate Wind Powder from Effecctive Formulas) xiǎo jì yǐn zǐ (Cephalanoplos Decoction) xiè qīng wán (Drain the Green Pill ) xīn jiā huáng lóng tāng (Newly-Augmented Yellow Dragon Decoction ) xù mìng tāng (Prolong Life Decoction) xuè fú zhú yū tāng (Drive Out Stasis in the Mansion of Blood Decoction) yán hú suǒ tāng (Corydalis Docoction) yǎng xīn tāng (Nourish the Heart Decoction) yì gān sǎn (Restrain the Liver Powder) yī gùan jiān (Linking Decoction) yì yǐ rén tāng (Coicis Decoction from the Enlightened Physicians) yòu guī wán (Restore the Right (Kidney) Pill) yù zhú sǎn (Jade Candle Powder) zàn yù dān (Special Pill to Aid Fertility) zhēn rén yǎng zàng tāng (Immortal's Decoction to Nourish the Organs) zhēn zhū mǔ wán (Mother of Pearl Pill) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo tāng (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Decoction) zhū shā ān shén wán (Cinnabar Pill to Calm the Spirit)

Family:

Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)

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Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Angelicae Sinensis

Botanical:

Japanese: tōki

Korean: danggwi

Common: tangkuei, Chinese angelica root

Temperature: Warm

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