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Basic Chinese Chicken Soup Stock (Soup Base)

December 24, 2020 – 1:14 pm | 3,414 views

Soup Name: Basic Chinese Chicken Soup Stock (Soup Base)

Traditional Chinese Name: 清雞湯 (qīng jī tāng)

Introduction: This is the base Chinese Chicken Soup stock that …

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Submitted by LadyTong on April 14, 2009 – 8:52 pm3 Comments | 27,518 views

Ingredient Name: Chinese Angelica Root

Chinese Name: 當歸 (dāng guī)

What is this?

Also known as Dong Quai, Tang-Kuei or “female ginseng”, the chinese angelica root is a very popular herb used in chinese medicine and is highly revered, second only to ginseng root
The herb, which is indigenous to China, is typically used to treat gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia and high blood pressure
Women who suffer menstrual ailments or menopause are often given chinese angelica root to relieve symptoms
The root is also considered an aphrodisiac
The taste is sweet, warm, pungent and slightly bitter

How do I prepare it?

Where can I buy this?

Chinese angelica root can be purchased at all Chinese dried herb shops
In the above photo, the angelica roots are shown as whole roots. It is also possible to buy sliced angelica root for use in soups

What is the cost?

Any benefits?

The Angelica Root is used to nourish the blood (blood tonic) and is believed to help invigorate blood circulation.
It can strenghten the liver, heart, and spleen and is also a uterine tonic, effective against menstrual disorders.
It is widely used in confinement soups and recipes to treat postpartum women
The root is also used to treat common colds as an expectorant
Chinese angelica root is one of the few good non-animal sources of Vitamin B12

Any precautions?

References

Sliced Angelica Root

Deelights says:

March 20, 2011 at 9:22 am

Wouldn’t ladies in confinement also be nursing? So to take or not to take?
Nadine says:

September 12, 2016 at 9:17 am

Hello! So happy to have found your wonderfully informative website 4(?) years ago. I was very impressed with your dictionary type listing of ingredients with pictures but I seem to have lost the link.

Recently I inherited a number of canisters of mysterious (to me) ingredients and now want to use them but am at a loss. Do you have a link that points to all ingredients instead of one at a time? Hopefully, there is a posted link on your main menu?
LadyTong says:

December 30, 2016 at 12:28 pm

Dear Nadine, ah! I don’t have such an index, although it’s a great idea. My challenge is that I don’t even know the Chinese to some of the herbs, do it’s very hard for me to match it back to the English. This learning process has been quite a journey! Do you want to take a pic and send it to me? You can post it to my facebook page and I can try to show my herbalist or the old ladies at the wet mart! 🙂 Lisa