Dang Gui / 当归 [當歸] (Tangkuei, Chinese Angelica Root)

Item

Title

Dang Gui / 当归 [當歸] (Tangkuei, Chinese Angelica Root)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

党归, 归尾, 當归

Latin name

Angelicae Sinensis Radix

Herb Category

Tonifying Herbs

Nature of Herb

Warm

Flavor of Herb

Sweet
Acrid

Channels

Heart
Liver
Spleen

Translator's annotation

"The root head without lateral roots is known as the tangkuei head (當歸頭 Dang Gui Tou, or 歸頭 Gui Tou; pharmaceutical name: Angelicae sinensis radicis Caput). [...] The fine lateral roots are known as the tangkuei tail (當歸尾 Dang Gui Wei, or 归尾 [歸尾] Gui Wei; pharmaceutical name: Angelicae sinensis radicis Cauda)." (Bensky, p. 750)

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 750-754

SymMap URL

https://www.symmap.org/detail/SMHB00095

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

PhysicalObject

Format of the digital image

image/jpeg

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Rights Holder

Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.375

Item sets

Bulk Herbs

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