"Tangkui" comes from exposed plant root of Celery group. Science name is “Angelica Sinensis”, found at western plateau areas of Chinese, for example Kanzu, Zachuan, Unan, Sanze, Kuijaow, and Hupia

Tangkui has been separated 3 parts, head, trunk and tail of its length approximately 10 – 25 cm but the trunk about 3 – 10 cm and has gray brown or orange brown tone skin. Good quality Tangkui has to a big head, big root, few small roots, yellow real stuff include the many brown points on the skin and the acrid odor of herbal due to it has the oil. Sub quality of Tangkui always is a small head, many small roots, not acrid odor and red brown stuff.

Tangkui has been cooked or also preserved in spirituous liquors. Its quantity appropriated with the female such as during unusually menses and non pregnant, so can be believed that the Tangkui is the best amelioration in female.

Useful Portion : Root

Effect and Taste : Warm, Sweet and Bitter taste, Hot

Substance : Evaporate Oil, Sucrose, Alcaloid, Vitamin B, Vitamin B12, Vitamin A, Nicotine Acid, Palmitic Acid, Stearic Acid, Miristic Acid, Linolaic Acid, Milisric acid, Unsaturated Fatting acid and Cytosteral

Properties : Tangkui is an important tonic for keeping up human blood. The blood patients can use the Tangkui to cure their blood, liver, menses and protect any diseases. Not only enhance the performing of blood cycle, unusual menses and anemia it can be used with weak patients. Furthermore, it can increase refreshing, lubricate the intestine, inhibit the blood and nerves restraining. Then Tangkui as same as the special tonic for female.

Warning : Persons who always suffer from diarrhea have to be careful because the its warm effect.

Observation : Good quality Tangkui will be found at Minzan administrative subdivision of Kanzu China.