Dong Quai,Angelica Sinensis,Angelica,ligusticum,Aralia Elulis,Chinese

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Sold as “Dong Quai,Angelica Sinensis,Angelica,ligusticum,Aralia Elulis,Chinese Angelica Root,Garden Angelica,Angelica Archangelica,dangguige, Radix Angelicae Sinensis,Angelica Sinensis Diels (8 oz)”

Angelica slightly cylindrical, the lower part of the branch root 3 ~ 5 or more, 15 ~ 25cm long. The surface is yellowish brown to brown, with longitudinal wrinkles and long transverse lenticular protrusion. Rhizomes 1.5 ~ 4cm in diameter, ringed, obtuse at the upper end, or with several prominent rhizomes, with purple or yellow-green stem and leaf sheath residues; The surface of taproot (homologous body) is uneven; The branch root (return tail) is 0.3 ~ lcm in diameter, thick above and thin below, more twisted, with a few fibrous root marks. It is pliable, the section is yellowish-white or yellowish-brown, the skin is thick, there are fissures and most brown spot-like secretory cavities, the wood is light, and the cambium ring is yellowish-brown. Has a rich aroma, sweet, hot, slightly bitter taste.