Dang Gui – Angelica sinensis root – is one of the most used plants in the Chinese pharmacopoeia. It has a sweet, pungent and bitter taste and a warming action.

Dang Gui is a blood tonic, it promotes blood circulation and modulates the immune system. Known as the “women’s herb” or female ginseng, it is particularly recommended for treating female infertility, menopausal problems and menstrual disorders.

It can also help prevent and treat cardiovascular disease. It is used as well to treat chronic constipation in the elderly and debilitated. It has analgesic and mildly sedative (calming, relaxing) effects.

Thanks to these numerous virtues, Dang Gui is used in a large number of preparations of the Chinese pharmacopoeia, in association with other plants.