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bitter, warm, nontoxic.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Mainly treats cough and upper qi, warm malaria, chills and fever washing over the skin, women's fistula disease leading to infertility, various malignant sores and ulcers, incised wounds. Boil the juice and drink it.

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According to various scholars:

• Chinese Angelica is warm in nature, embodying wood energy and entering the liver; it is bitter in taste and non-toxic, embodying fire energy and entering the heart.
• It primarily treats cough and upper qi because the heart governs blood and the liver stores blood; when blood is depleted, the liver wood carries the heart fire to punish the metal; Chinese Angelica enters the liver to nourish blood and enters the heart to clear fire, thus it treats these conditions.
• The liver governs wind, the heart governs fire, wind and fire pertain to yang, and excessive yang leads to warm malaria with only heat and no cold; when the lungs are affected by wind and fire, the lung qi is too weak to govern the skin and hair, hence the chills and fever washing over the skin; Chinese Angelica can ensure sufficient liver blood to calm wind and sufficient heart blood to extinguish fire, thus eliminating the chills and fever in the skin.
• The liver governs the storage of blood, and nourishing the liver can stop fistula disease. The hand shaoyin pulse becomes very active when there is a child, and nourishing the heart can promote fertility.
• Sores and ulcers are all related to heart fire, and sufficient blood can extinguish heart fire. Incised wounds always involve blood loss, and sufficient blood can heal incised wounds.
• The phrase 'boil the juice and drink it' shows the great effort of ancient sages, meaning 'the middle jiao receives qi, extracts juice, transforms it into red, which is called blood'; boiling Chinese Angelica juice nourishes the juice of the middle jiao, similar to making a decoction with Rehmannia. It is clear that the modern practice of stir-frying with soil dries up its natural moisture, greatly deviating from the classic teachings.