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Mount Usu / Sarobetsu post-mined peatland
From left: Crater basin in 1986 and 2006. Cottongrass / Daylily
HOME > Plant list (植物リスト) > Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) (セリ科) > Angelica acutiloba
Angelica L. (シシウド)Touki (トウキ, 当帰), Japanese angelicaLifeform: perennial forb ≈ 40-90 cm tall Distribution: Honshu (north to central Honshu) in Japan Habitat: banks and valleys between mountainous and alpine zones |
Use: oriental medicine (root) to improve cold constitution, blood circulation and gynecological disorder, and medicinal food, represented by Samgyetang (参鶏湯)
Major chemical components: ligustilide var. sugiyamae Hikino (ホッカイトウキ) f. tsukubana Hikino (ツクバトウキ) |
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[1-3] in the experimental station of medicinal plant studies, Hokkaido University, on September 8 2021.