English name:
Dahurian angelica.
Description:
Stout perennial herbaceous plant 1m. or more in height Stems cylindrical, hollow, greenish or violet-pink. Leaves large, 2-3-pinnate, fine downy above; margins toothed. Inflorescence in terminal or axillary compound umbel; flowers small, white. Fruit compressed, globose, about 6 mm. long.
Flowering period:
April - June.
Distribution:
Naturalized in the mountains and on the plains.
Parts used:
The tubers are collected in autumn, avoiding scratches to the tuber skin and the breakage of roots. Roots of reproductive plants are rejected. The tubers are carefully washed and the radicles are removed. This is followed by sulfur fumigation for 24h, then sun-drying or heat-drying.
Chemical composition:
The essential oil from the roots and fruits consists of phellandrene, resins 1%, angelicotoxin 0.43%, angelicin, angelic acid and furocoumarins.
Therapeutic uses:
The tuberous roots are used for the treatment of fever, influenza, coryza, toothache, rheumatism, ostealgia and leucorrhoea. They are used as a haemostatic for epistaxis and bloody stools, in the form of a decoction or powder, in a dose of 4 to 12g per day.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
Dahurian angelica.
Description:
Stout perennial herbaceous plant 1m. or more in height Stems cylindrical, hollow, greenish or violet-pink. Leaves large, 2-3-pinnate, fine downy above; margins toothed. Inflorescence in terminal or axillary compound umbel; flowers small, white. Fruit compressed, globose, about 6 mm. long.
Flowering period:
April - June.
Distribution:
Naturalized in the mountains and on the plains.
Parts used:
The tubers are collected in autumn, avoiding scratches to the tuber skin and the breakage of roots. Roots of reproductive plants are rejected. The tubers are carefully washed and the radicles are removed. This is followed by sulfur fumigation for 24h, then sun-drying or heat-drying.
Chemical composition:
The essential oil from the roots and fruits consists of phellandrene, resins 1%, angelicotoxin 0.43%, angelicin, angelic acid and furocoumarins.
Therapeutic uses:
The tuberous roots are used for the treatment of fever, influenza, coryza, toothache, rheumatism, ostealgia and leucorrhoea. They are used as a haemostatic for epistaxis and bloody stools, in the form of a decoction or powder, in a dose of 4 to 12g per day.
Source: Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (Institute of Materia Medica - HANOI - WHO/WPRO, 1990, 444 p.)
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