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Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis)

Specific Recommendations:

• Dong quai at Amazon.com

General Information:

• Dong Quai - Compiled by Chad Bradshaw, Pharm.D
• Dong Quai (Angelica sinensis [Oliv.] Diels), Chinese Angelica - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
• Are there any herbs that can help? - Dr. Murray

News & Research:

• Some Herbs Boost Breast Cancer Risk - WebMD, 3/26/02 - "Our studies show that dong quai and ginseng stimulate the growth of [breast cancer] cells"
• Menopause - Stopping The Symptoms Before They Stop You - Life Extension Magazine, 6/98

News & Research:

• Medicine-food herb: Angelica sinensis, a potential therapeutic hope for Alzheimer's disease and related complications - Food Funct 2022 Aug 19 - "Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease, which has brought a huge burden to the world. The current therapeutic approach of one-molecule-one-target strategy fails to address the issues of AD because of multiple pathological features of AD. Traditionally, the herb of Angelica sinensis (AS) comes from the root of an umbrella plant Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels. As a typical medicine-food herb, studies have shown that AS can alleviate AD and AD-complications by multiple targets through the various foundations of pharmaceutical material and dietary supply basis ... AS contains many effective components, such as ligustilide, z-ligustilide, n-butylidenephthalide, α-pinene, p-cymene, myrcene, ferulic acid, vanillic acid and coniferyl ferulate. It is found that AS, AS-active compounds and AS-compound recipes mainly treat AD through neuroprotective, anti-inflammation, and anti-oxidant effects, improving mitochondrial dysfunction, anti-neuronal apoptosis, regulating autophagy, regulating intestinal flora and enhancing the central cholinergic system, which shows the multi-component and multi-target effect of AS. The role of dietary supplement components in AS for AD intervention is summarized, including vitamin B12, folic acid, arginine, and oleic acid, which can improve the symptoms of AD" - See dong quai at Amazon.com.