Dong quai
Angelica sinensis
Dong quai is known as a woman's root, yet its ferulic acid and ligustilide ease lung inflammation too, relaxing the airway so breath comes smoothly.
What the evidence shows
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Ovarian function improved in treatment-injured POI rats.
In laboratory cells, the phthalide from dong quai root lifts both of the cell's division brakes, p21 and p27, and lets the retirement program run.
Dong quai's ferulic acid and ligustilide calm platelets, slow blood's turn from liquid to solid and dissolve clots forming where they should not.
Lifts mood through BDNF and the brain's monoamines; its ferulic acid acts on serotonin and the stress-hormone axis, Z-ligustilide on calming neurosteroids, and coniferyl ferulate keeps nerve cells from dying.
Where it appears
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- ACB (Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Restraint)
- Female Fertility (Oocyte Competence)
- Lung Power (Respiratory Capacity)
- Thrombolytic (Hemostatic Balance)
- Trinity (Mind Body Spirit Harmonizer)