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Alternate English names: Yúnnán Chinese angelica [root]

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels

Use: Alimentary

Notes: This is 当归 from Yúnnān, which like Sìchuān Chinese angelica is characterized by a strong, pungent flavor, and dark yellowish-brown flesh, and regarded is being inferior to Western Chinese angelica on the grounds of unsuitability for acute bleeding of recent onset.

See: Dāng guī (当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix, Chinese angelica); Chuān dāng guī (川当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix Sichuanensis%#%, Sìchuān Chinese angelica); Xī dāng guī (西当归 Angelicae Sinensis Radix Occidentalis%#%, Western Chinese angelica)

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