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Angelica sinensis

Dong quai

Clinical Action

  • Warming and sustaining to the circulation Regulating menstrual disorders Antispasmodic Alterative.Mills
  • Uterine cleanser and tonic
  • Nourishing, strengthening
  • Tonifes system- increases tone, strengthens contractions, improves orderly rhythm of contractions and relaxes the uterine muscle.
  • Oestrogenic
  • Antibacterial
  • Blood tonic, promotes circulation.Mills

Clinical indications

  • Hot flushes associated with menopause
  • Uterine cramps
  • Reproduction dysfunction
  • Dysmenorrhoea
  • Metorrhagia
  • Amenorrhoea
  • PMS
  • Vaginal dryness
  • Endometriosis
  • Infertility due to blocked fallopian tubes
  • Hypertension
  • Anemia
  • Arthritis
  • Angina

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Revised: May 18, 2002 .