What herb used in alternative medicine as a tonic and aphrodisiac is named from Chinese 'man plant root' because its root resembles a human leg?
Angelica sinensis butylphthalide, cnidilide, isoenidilide, p-cymene, ferulate, and flavonoids. When isolated from the plant, one of the chemicals, angelica polysaccharide sulfate, has "in vitro" antioxidant activity. Angelica sinensis Angelica sinensis, commonly known as dong quai or "female ginseng" is a herb from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China. "Angelica sinensis" grows in cool high altitude mountains in China, Japan, and Korea. The yellowish brown root of the plant is harvested in fall and is a well-known Chinese medicine used over thousands of years. The dried root of "A. sinensis" is commonly known as Chinese angelica () and is widely used in Chinese
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