Angelica dahurica for the umbelliferae, perennial herb? Head of Angelica dahurica or Angelica dahurica and the root of Angelica dahurica. Its flavor is fragrant, pungent, warm. Throughout the ages, it has been regarded as a good beauty product. The following is my introduction to the efficacy and role of Angelica dahurica, I hope to help you oh.

Beauty efficacy

Dispel wind and relieve symptoms, dispel cold and relieve pain, remove dampness and pass through the orifices, eliminate swelling and drain pus. It can improve microcirculation, promote skin metabolism, eliminate excessive accumulation of pigment in the tissues, remove facial pigmentation scarring, and treat skin blisters and scabies. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica states that Angelica dahurica: ? Long skin. Moisturize the color, can be used as facial fat.? Whether it is? Thousand gold face fat formula? or the Empress Dowager Cixi's secret formula to keep the face of the court? Yurongsan? , Angelica dahurica is the main medicine for making face cream. It is said to be able to remove dark spots on the face. Modern medicine has proved that Angelica dahurica on acne, blackheads, pimples have a certain efficacy, in whitening the spot, improve microcirculation, delay skin aging have unique therapeutic effects.

Anti-inflammatory effect

Mice gavage Angelica dahurica or Hangzhou Angelica dahurica decoction (lg equivalent to raw medicine lg) 4g/kg, can significantly inhibit xylene-induced inflammation in the mouse ear (P & lt; 0.01).

Antipyretic and analgesic effect

With peptone subcutaneous injection in the back of the great white rabbit caused by hyperthermia animal model, 1g of Angelica dahurica or Angelica dahurica dahurica decoction 15g/kg, there is a significant antipyretic effect. Mice gavage Angelica dahurica or Angelica dahurica decoction 8g/kg, on the intraperitoneal injection of 1% acetic acid (0.l/kg) caused by the number of twisting of the mouse significantly reduced, the effect is similar to aminopyralid 8mg/kg, P<0.001. Mice hot plate test, the pain threshold before the administration of the drug in 30 minutes or less, gavage to give to the Angelica dahurica or Angelica dahurica 8g/kg, after the administration of the drug for 60 minutes, Angelica dahurica and anti-Dahurica dahurica On the pain threshold significantly increased, compared with saline group P & lt; 0.001 and 0.01.

Antispasmodic effect

Contained bergamot lactone, peppercorn toxin, iso-europregnantherin B on the rabbit ileum has a significant antispasmodic effect. Isoeuropregnathin also increases the contractility of the rabbit uterus and the tension of the earthworm muscle. Scopoletin has antispasmodic effect on uterine spasm in in vitro or isolated rats caused by estrogen or barium chloride, with an ED50 of 0.09 mg/kg.

Cardiovascular effects

Isoeuropean prenylidenin and Indian quince contained in this product have hypotensive effects on cats, 50 mg/kg lower arterial pressure by 50%, and the effect is maintained for 1.5 hours. The ****polymerization of Isoeucalyptus and N-vinylpyrrolidone can prolong the time of lowering arterial pressure in cats by 5-10 times. It also reduced the contractility of isolated frog hearts.

Antimicrobial effects

Angelica dahurica decoction has an inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, dysentery bacilli, Aspergillus, typhoid bacilli, paratyphoid bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Vibrio cholerae, and human-type tubercle bacilli. The product contains oxypregnanol in vitro test on 11 strains of bacteria have antibacterial effect; Europe also has antibacterial effect of prenylcysticercine pepper toxin; human tuberculosis bacillus H37RV MIC for 100mcg/ml. water immersion on the Audu ounce of small germs such as jock itch and other pathogenic fungi also have a certain inhibitory effect.

Photosensitization

The product contains citrus lactone, peppercorn toxin, iso-europregnathin B and other furanocoumarin compounds for the light-active substances, when they enter the organism, once subjected to sunlight or ultraviolet irradiation, it can make the irradiated place where the skin occurs solar dermatitis, the occurrence of redness, swelling, pigmentation, thickening of the vegetative skin, and so on. Photosensitizing activity to pepper toxin for the strongest, citrus lactone, followed by iso-europregnathin B weaker. Photosensitizers can be used to treat vitiligo. Isoeuropregnathin is an active ingredient in the treatment of psoriasis, and has been clinically proven to be effective with erythema volume measurements.

(1) Yin deficiency and blood heat should not be taken.

(2) "Materia Medica": vomiting due to fire is prohibited. Leakage of red and white yin deficiency fire blazing blood heat caused by the person do not use. If the carbuncle has been ulcerated, it is advisable to reduce it gradually.

On the treatment of cold and nasal congestion and headache

Angelica dahurica was originally pungent and warm antidotes, the aroma is strong, straight to the nasal cavity. In winter, after wind-cold cold with headache, nasal congestion and fever as the main cold, add this product in the compound prescription to cure headache, can be used with Jing Fang, Chuanxiong and so on. For nasal congestion, it can clear the nose and open the orifices, and is used together with mint. It has antipyretic effect, and can be used with Chai Hu for fever.

For mild colds with nasal congestion only, many doctors and patients think that Chinese herbal medicine is not as effective as Western medicine in clearing the nose. In fact, this product is a very good nasal medicine, for the relief of colds and nasal congestion has immediate effect.

For cervical spondylosis caused by posterior occipital headache, migraine, brow bone headache, with Angelica dahurica and Tribulus terrestris, cranberry, etc., also has the effect.

On aroma drying, dampness and qi

This product has the effect of aroma drying, dampness and qi. Angelica dahurica has antispasmodic effects on the gastrointestinal tract, uterus and bronchial smooth muscle, similar to the efficacy and pharmacological effects of Mucuna pruriens and Saxifrage, and is therefore categorized in the chapter on Qi regulating drugs.

Angelica dahurica aroma and dry, summer dampness obstruction of the mouth bland and tasteless, chest and epigastric congestion, tongue white greasy, with a small amount of Angelica dahurica 3 to 6 g. It can open the stomach and pass the qi, and dissolve dampness and moss.

On the qi and blood pus

This product is fragrant, powder, can be made into scented pouches hanging on the chest to the children, in order to open the stomach, increase appetite, to insomnia fill in the pillow, can sleep, but also for the treatment of headaches.

This product is a commonly used medicine for breast lobular hyperplasia, breast nodules, breast infection, both liver and qi efficacy, but also blood and pus efficacy.

Symbolism of Angelica dahurica