Dang Gui Root

Dang gui (dong quai; Angelica sinensis), known by the Standard Common Name dong quai, is one of the most popular Chinese herbal medicines. It is primarily renowned for its use in the treatment of a wide variety of gynecological conditions that are generally not easily treated with conventional therapies, such as uterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis, and infertility. Dang gui is especially important because it fills a therapeutic niche not readily addressed in Western conventional or herbal medicine. It has been used successfully for several hundred years, and can broaden therapeutic options for women beyond hormone replacement therapies and hysterectomies. Hopefully, increased use of dang gui and its appropriate formulas will help to reduce at least a portion of the 600,000+ hysterectomies performed annually in the USA. Unfortunately, there is not a lot of scientific data on the use of dang gui in gynecology, which is curious considering the predominance of its use. Available