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Angelica Dahurica Root
Angelica Dahurica Root
一等白芷
Market name:一等白芷
Photo location:Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med.
TMPW No.:4569
Angelica dahurica
Plant name:Angelica dahurica
Photo location:Hokkado, Japan
Photo date:2001
Photographer:K. Komatsu

Synonym  
Latin name Angelicae Dahuricae Radix
Botanical source: Family name Umbelliferae
Botanical source: Plant name Angelica dahurica Bentham et Hooker filius ex Franchet et Savatier (IPNI:60451989-2)
Part used Root
Empirical criteria for quality selection Good one has not been damaged by insects and has a very strong odor. (TN)
Constituents Coumarins:
[A. dahurica]: Byakangelicin, Byakangelicol, Oxypeucedanin, Imperatorin, Phellopterin, Xanthotoxin, Marmesin, Scopoletin, Anhydrobyakangelicin, Neobyakangelicol;
[A. dahurica var. pai-chi]: Byakangelicin, Byakangelicol, Oxypeucedanin, Imperatorin, Phellopterin, Xanthotoxin, Marmesin, Scopoletin, Anhydrobyakangelicin, Neobyakangelicol, Isoimperatorin;
[A. formosana]: Phellopterin, Oxypeucedanin, Imperatorin, Isoimperatorin, Bergapten, Oxypeucedanin hydrate
Pharmacological effects Sedation (decoction), hypertensive action of central origin, acceleration of respiratory movement (ether extract), antibacterial (dysentery bacillus, Salmonella typhi, Gram-positive, Mycobacterium tuberculosis).
Indications As a tranquilizer, painkiller and for draining of pus, it is applied to treat headache, toothache, rhinitis and women's blood trouble.
Diseases Headache, Toothache, Rhinitis, Pyogenic dermatosis, Leukorrhea, Swelling and pain of joint, Itching, Snake bite
Formulas uyakujunkisan , kakkoshokisan , keigairengyoto , goshakusan , shinsentaitsuko , jijintsujito , jijinmeimokuto , jurokumiryukiin , seishitsuketanto , seijokentsuto , seijobofuto , senkyuchachosan , senkin'naitakusan , sokeikakketsuto , takurishodokuin , reitakutsukito , reitakutsukitokashin'i
Meridian tropism Lung, Stomach
Property Warm
Flavor Acrid/pungent
Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" Middle
TCM: Classification Diaphoretics
TCM: Medicinal effects To dispel wind, to remove damp, to clear the stuffed nose, to relieve pain, and to promote the subsidence of swelling and to drain pus.
Used for headache, pain in the forehead and stuffed nose due to colds, sinusitis, toothache, excessive leukorrhea, swelling and pain of sores and wounds.
Remarks Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed.
References TN: T. Namba & Y. Tsuda ed., Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, 3rd ed., Nankodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1998.
DNA sequences of medicinal plants
Gene Region
Nuclear Chloroplast Mitochondria
Botanical source: Plant name 5Ss 18S ITS1 5.8S ITS2 26S others trnH-psbA matK trnK trnK-rps16 trnT-L trnL trnL-F rbcL rpoC1 ndhF others
Angelica dahurica Bentham et Hooker filius ex Franchet et Savatier (IPNI:60451989-2)
rpoB
 GQ248725
rpoB2
  EF590424
accD
  EF590850
atpF-atpH
  GQ247906
 

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