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AHP Publishes Dang Gui Monograph
March 3, 2003
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AHP Publishes Dang Gui Monograph
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.--The American HerbalPharmacopeia (AHP) released a monograph for Dang gui (Angelica sinenis)that includes quality control standards and a therapeutic compendium with areview of pharmacological and safety data. Dang gui is a popular Chinese herbalmedicine, predominantly used for treating gynecological conditions such asuterine fibroids, ovarian cysts, endometriosis and infertility.
"Dang gui is especially important because it fills atherapeutic niche not readily addressed in Western conventional or herbalmedicine," said Roy Upton, executive director of AHP (www.herbal-ahp.org)."It has been used successfully for several hundred years for a broad rangeof gynecological conditions and can help broaden therapeutic options for womenbeyond hormone replacement therapies and hysterectomies."
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