ANGELICA SINENSIS

DANG-GUI: Perhaps the most popular Chinese medicinal
plant in and outside of China, dang-qui roots are used for menstrual
disorders, as a blood and heart tonic, and as a pain reliever, among a
multitude of other uses. It is one of the most studied Chinese herbs. A
perennial, it is grown in cool, moist, rich, sandy soil in part shade.
The highest quality dang-qui is grown in the cold, high mountains
of Gansu provence.