"Dong Quai" or "Angelica sinensis"

Posit Health News. 1998 Fall:(No 17):15-6.

Abstract

AIDS: There are two species of the herb Angelica. One species is called Dong Quai or Angelica sinensis. Dong Quai helps suppress excess antibody production, reduce food allergies, and decrease inflammatory reactions. Don Quai also suppresses the TH2 cytokine profile, which is elevated in persons with CFIDS, AIDS, and chronic candidiasis. Dosing information is included.

Publication types

  • Newspaper Article

MeSH terms

  • Antibody Formation / drug effects
  • Cytokines / drug effects
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal*
  • Food Hypersensitivity / prevention & control
  • Humans
  • Inflammation / prevention & control
  • Th2 Cells / drug effects

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • Drugs, Chinese Herbal