 Dahurian angelica root
(Baizhi)
Pharmaceutical Name: Radix Angelicae Dahuricae
Botanical Name: 1. Angelica dahurica (Fisch.
ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook. f.; 2. Angelica
dauburica (Fisch. ex Hoffm.) Benth. et Hook.
f. var. formosana (Boiss.) Shan et Yuan
Common Name: Dahurian angelica root
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The root is dug in the period
between summer and autumn, when the leaves
turn yellow. The fibrous roots are removed,
dried, soaked in water and cut into slices.
 Properties & Taste: Pungent and warm
Meridians: Lung and stomach
Functions:
• Stops headache, toothache and pain in the forehead and superciliary region.
• Expels wind to inducing diaphoresis to disperse cold
• Removes dampness to stop leukorrhea.
• Relieve carbuncle and drain pus.
• To expel wind and release the exterior;
• To reduce swelling and discharge pus and
dampness;
Indications & Combinations:
1. Wind-cold exterior syndrome manifested
by headache, supraobital pain and nasal obstruction.
Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi) is used with
Chinese green onion (Congbai), Prepared soybean
(Douchi) and Fresh ginger (Shengjiang).
2. Thick and sticky nasal discharge (as
in thinitis, nasosinusitis). Dahurian angelica
root (Baizhi) is used with Xanthium fruit
(Cang'erzi) and Magnolia flower (Xinyi) in
the formula Cang'er San.
3. Boils, carbuncles, ulceration and skin
diseases. Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi)
is used with Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou),
Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) and
Dandelion herb (Pugongying).
4. Damp-cold type of leukorrhea manifested
as watery, whitish and profuse leukorrhea
with no offensive smell. Dahurian angelica
root (Baizhi) is used with White atractylodes
(Baizhu), Cuttlefish bone (Wuzeigu) and Poria
(Fuling).
5. Damp-heat type of leukorrhea manifested
by thick, yellow and profuse leukorrhea with
offensive smell. Dahurian angelica root (Baizhi)
is used with Phellodendron bark (Huangbai),
Plantain seed (Cheqianzi) and Flavescent sophora
root (Kushen).
Dosage: 3-10 g
Cautions & Contraindications: This herb
is contraindicated in yin deficiency. |
