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
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Uses:
1. Move the Blood, Clears Stasis, Eases Pain:
-sharp, fixed pain from Blood stagnation
-Masses of the abdomen from Blood Stagnation
-swelling of the Liver, Spleen or other abdominal organs
-pricking or stabbing pain of the chest or abdomen; Angina Pectoris
-'dissolves hard mass in the abdomen' (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, Menstrual disorders
-various gynecological disorders related to Blood stagnation
3. Moves the Blood, Clears Wind, Benefits Bones and Joints:
-Arthritic pain with Blood stagnation (used for Blood Heat or Blood stagnation)
-'effective for treating arthralgia due to attack of pathogenic Wind with debilitated feet'. (Tao Hong Jing)
-'relieves pain in the bones and tendons, and paralysis of the extremities' (Da Ming)
4. Clears Blood Heat, Reduces Abscesses:
-auxiliary herb for Blood heat disorders
-Fever; irritability, subcutaneous Bleeding, Nosebleed or Spitting Blood during Fever (Heat enters the Blood)
-Early stages of Breast (and other) Abscess; Sores, Toxic Swellings; expels pus
-Red, hot, swollen painful joints
-red, sore, inflamed Eyes
5. Clears Heart Fire, Nourishes Heart Blood and Yin, Settles the Mind and Spirit:
-Insomnia, restlessness, fidgeting, irritability, Palpitations
-'tranquilizes the Spirit, stabilizes the Willpower' (Da Ming)
-used in conditions where Heat enters the Nutritive/Blood level (during Fevers), with Blood Stagnation, or Heart Yin or Blood deficiency
6. Benefits Qi and Blood:
-'reinforces Qi'. (Shen Nong Ben Cao)
-generates new Blood. (Da Ming)
-'Long-term taking of the drug is good for health' (Ming Yi Bie Lu)
-'After taking the drug, the patient will be able to keep up with a galloping horse'. (Xiao Bing)
-the tonic effect is regarded as mild compared to other tonic herbs, nevertheless it has this effect
Dose:
Powder: 1–4 grams
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Preparation:
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Powder: 1–4 grams
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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
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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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