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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Angelica sinensis (Apiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Dan Gui; Dang Gui

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amenorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Anemia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cancer(Cervix) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Cancer(Cervix) China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Esophagus) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Constipation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysmenorrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Menoxenia China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Thrombosis(Venous) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Tranquilizer China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Tumor(Lung) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Tumor(Nose) China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Uterotonic China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Viricide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.