Angelica sinensis is a famous Chinese herbal medicine. It is sweet and heavy, and has the effect of regulating menstruation and pain, laxativeness, blood circulation and blood circulation. In medical ancient books, there are many records. "Notes on typhoid fever," the cloud: the blood of the pulse of the government, all the blood are the heart, where the Tongmai must first make up the heart and beneficial blood, so Zhang Zhongjing governance brothers and sisters, phlegm, who want to use the cold bitter angelica to help Efforts. "Indications secret" cloud: Angelica, the use of three: the heart of the drug is also a, and blood two also, cure all nights even three. For governance and rule, it must be immersed in alcohol, and it can be collapsed. All blood should be used to treat it. Unbearable eye pain, Coptis, Angelica root wine immersion decoction. And the cloud: The bloody but not the flow is painful, and the Angelica body is Xin Wen to disperse it, so that the blood and blood will return to each other.
Angelica is known as the "Nine Sides of the Nine Return" and "Medicine King", especially for the treatment of gynecological diseases is a remarkable effect, known as the gynecological "Sheng medicine" and "Blood family medicine this medicine pass" theory.
Angelica's Efficacy and Function
Angelica's efficacy:
Blood and blood circulation, menstrual pain, laxative. Used for blood deficiency chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, decubitus cold, abdominal pain, constipation, dryness, rheumatism, pounding, bruising, ulcers.
1. Effect on uterine smooth muscle
Studies have shown that angelica volatile oil has a direct inhibitory effect on non-pregnant, early pregnancy, late pregnancy, and postpartum isolated uterus of rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats, dogs, and other animals, so that the rhythmic contraction gradually decreases to disappear, showing relaxation . And against uterine contractions caused by pituitrin, histamine, epinephrine and acetylcholine, etc.
2. Effect on the cardiovascular system
The volatile oil contained in Angelica decoction or roots and leaves can significantly reduce the frequency of myocardial contraction, can extend the rabbit's atrial refractory period, and have therapeutic effects on acetylcholine or current-induced anesthetic fibrillation in cats and dogs.
3. For blood and cardiovascular systems
After oral administration of angelica water decoction in rats, prolonged plasma clotting time can reduce the thrombus, slow the growth rate of thrombus, and have obvious antithrombotic effects.
4. For the digestive system
It has a protective effect on liver injury caused by acute carbon tetrachloride poisoning in mice; it can reduce fibrosis and promote hepatocyte function recovery in chronic liver damage. Respiratory system: Angelica extract has considerable curative effects on chronic pulmonary emphysema complicated by chronic bronchitis and early or remission pulmonary heart disease. After administration, pulmonary ventilation function is significantly improved and physical strength is fairly restored.
5 Immunity
Angelica sinensis and its extracts, ferulic acid sodium and angelica polysaccharides, have obvious stimulatory effects on the mononuclear-macrophage system, and also have immune mediation and recovery effects on immunocompromised organisms. Angelica can also promote lymphocyte transformation in healthy people.
6. Anti-inflammatory effect
Angelica ingredients, n-butene lactone and phenyl lactone relax tracheal smooth muscle against bronchial asthma caused by histamine-acetylcholine.
7 Anti-cancer effects
Angelica can be widely used in a variety of tumors, especially gynecological tumors, with blood stagnation, blood stasis coagulation is the most appropriate. For patients with blood stasis, lean middle-advanced cancer or surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy who are weak in righteousness, they can also use Angelica to fight cancer.
8. Antibacterial effect
Angelica decoction has a mild inhibitory effect on E. coli, typhoid, paratyphoid bacillus, dysentery bacilli, proteobacteria, and diphtheria bacilli in vitro.
9. Remove free radicals
Angelica ferulic acid has anti-lipid peroxidation, can directly eliminate free radicals, inhibit oxidation reaction and free radical reaction, and can be combined with biofilm phospholipids, and protective membrane lipids antagonize the damage of free radicals to tissues.
10. Anti-aging anti-aging
Angelica decoction has a significant effect on learning and memory in mice. Using a labyrinth maze test, Angelica can improve dementia caused by aluminum trichloride, reduce the level of peroxidative esters in brains of dementia mice, and oxidation of type B monoamines. Active, can treat Alzheimer's disease.
11. Promote hematopoiesis
Angelica hydrofluoric acid and Angelica sinensis polysaccharides can significantly promote the formation of hemoglobin and red blood cells, so they have anti-anemia effect.
12. Surgery also used this medicine, for the eradication of phlegm and swollen period ulcers, nourishing blood and muscle of ulcers, have a good effect.
13. Angelica has a protective liver function.