Plant Details

Accepted name:: Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Angelica sinensis var. sinensis

Angelica sinensis var. wilsonii (H.Wolff) Z.H.Pan & M.F.Watson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angelica sinensis root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
angelica sinensis root for use in thm	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
angelica sinensis, radix	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
angelicae sinensis radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
can qui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chinese angelica	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chinese angelica root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese angelical liquid extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dang guei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dang gui	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
dang gui shen	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dang gui tou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dang gui wei	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dang qui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dangdanggui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
danggui	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
danggui liujingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
dong gui	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dong quai	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
duong qui handanggui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
extractum angelicae liquidum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
hashyshat almalak	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kara toki	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kinakvanne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
langdu danggui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
min-gui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
processed angelica sinensis root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
processed angelica sinensis root for use in thmp	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
qingui	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
radix angelicae sinensis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tang kuei	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
tang-kuei	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tangkuei tần q́ui	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
当归	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
當歸	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root body, root head, root tail		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	dried whole root	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
root	Smoke-dried, whole or fragmented root, with rootlets removed, collected in late autumn	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Angelica polymorpha var. sinensis Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1999 (1891).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Angelica Sinensis (Oliv.) Diels.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Angelica polymorpha Maxim. var. sinensis Oliv.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Angelica polymorpha Maximowicz var. sinensis Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Angelica polymorpha var sinensis Oliv.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Angelica polymorpha var. sinensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Angelica sinensis	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Angelica sinensis (Oliv.) Diels.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
Angelica sinensis (Oliv.)diels	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Angelica sinensis (Oliver) Diels	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Angelica sinensis Diels	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)

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