Salvia Dan Shen dried root at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam 2015)
Botanical name:
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Parts used:
Root and rhizome
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter (Some traditional sources have said it is Neutral, others that it is Warm)
Classification:
K. Move the Blood
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Parts used:
Root and rhizome
Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter (Some traditional sources have said it is Neutral, others that it is Warm)
Classification:
K. Move the Blood
Uses:
1. Move the Blood, Clears Stasis, Eases Pain:
-sharp, fixed pain from Blood stagnation
2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea,
3. Moves the Blood, Clears Wind, Benefits Bones and Joints:
-Arthritic pain
4. Clears Blood Heat, Reduces Abscesses:
-Fever; irritability
5. Clears Heart Fire, Nourishes Heart Blood and Yin, Settles the Mind and Spirit:
-Insomnia, restlessness
6. Benefits Qi and Blood:
Dose:
Powder: 1–4 grams
Comment:
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Preparation:
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Powder: 1–4 grams
Comment:
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Preparation:
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Main Combinations:
1. To move the Blood, ease pain after Trauma, as well as for Amenorrhea, Salvia Dan Shen with ... available in PRO version.
2. 'Menstrual difficulties, ... available in PRO version.
3. Irregular menstruation, Uterine Bleeding, Infertility, Salvia Dan Shen with ... available in PRO version.
4. Postpartum abdominal pain, Salvia Dan Shen with ... available in PRO version.
5. Qi and Blood stagnation with Chest or Abdominal pain, Salvia Dan Shen with ... available in PRO version.
6. Chest Pain, Angina Pectoris:
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7. Palpitations, Insomnia, excess Dreaming from Heart Blood and/or Yin deficiency:
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8. Irritability, Insomnia from Heat entering the Nutritive/Blood level
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9. Early stages of Breast Abscess:
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10. Trauma, Salvia Dan Shen with ... available in PRO version.
Major Formulas:
Tian Wang Bu Xin Dan
Huo Luo Xiao Ling Dan
Dan Shen Yin
Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy. (However it has been used to 'soothe the Fetus'–Da Ming)
2. Some people may experience dry mouth, dizziness, headache
Drug Interactions:
1. Incompatible with Veratrum root
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used during Pregnancy. (However it has been used to 'soothe the Fetus'–Da Ming)
2. Some people may experience dry mouth, dizziness, headache
Drug Interactions:
1. Incompatible with Veratrum root
Main Preparations used:
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