The Nature, Flavor and Meridians of Danshen

The medicinal herb Salvia miltiorrhiza is used to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis as well as the liver meridian. It is very good for regulating irregular menstruation and rheumatic swelling and pain. It can also relieve symptoms such as insomnia and irritability. You can drink Salvia miltiorrhiza water appropriately in daily life. When salvia miltiorrhiza is eaten, it is usually soaked in water or cooked into soup. As long as the salvia miltiorrhiza is fully soaked to bring out its flavor, we can drink it. You can learn about the medicinal effects and functions of salvia miltiorrhiza.

Classification of the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Danshen

Chinese medicine for promoting blood circulation and nourishing blood

Description of Chinese medicine Danshen

The Chinese medicinal herb Salvia miltiorrhiza is the root of the perennial herb Salvia miltiorrhiza of the Lamiaceae family. It is produced in most parts of the country, mainly in Hebei, Anhui, Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places. Dig up in autumn, remove stems and leaves, wash off the soil, moisten thoroughly, slice and dry. Use raw or stir-fry with wine.

The nature and flavor of Chinese medicine Danshen, its meridians, its functions and indications

The nature and flavor of Salvia miltiorrhiza: bitter, slightly cold. It enters the heart, pericardium and liver meridians.

The effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza: promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, cool blood and eliminate carbuncle, nourish blood and calm the mind.

Danshen is mainly used for irregular menstruation, heart and abdominal pain, accumulation of masses, rheumatism and heat, swelling and pain of sores, irritability and insomnia, palpitations, and insomnia.

Effects of Chinese medicine Danshen

1. Regulate immune function

2. Hypoglycemic effect

3. Anti-pathogenic microorganisms

4. Inhibit platelet aggregation

5. Anti-tumor effect

6. Improve kidney function

7. Protect the liver

8. Free radical scavenging function

9. It has a significant repairing effect on bone tissue

Application reference of the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine Danshen

1. The Chinese medicine Danshen is bitter and can relieve depression, and can clear away heat and cool blood. It is good at promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, so it can be used for various diseases caused by blood heat and blood stasis. It is used for blood heat and blood stasis, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis. It can be used together with motherwort, peach kernel, safflower, etc. It is used for pain in the heart, abdomen and stomach caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation. It can be used together with sandalwood and amomum villosum to form Danshen Drink. It is used to treat accumulation of tumors and masses, and can be used together with Trillium, Curcuma, and Carapace of Turtle. It is used for rheumatic heat, joint redness, swelling and pain. It can be used together with heat-clearing and collateral-unblocking drugs such as honeysuckle, atractylodes, and phellodendron.

2. The Chinese medicine Danshen has the effects of cooling blood, activating blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis and eliminating carbuncle. It is used for the initial stage of mastitis, and can be used together with honeysuckle, trichosanthes, pangolin, etc., such as Xiaoru Decoction.

3. The Chinese medicine Danshen is cold and can both cool the blood and promote blood circulation. It is used for febrile diseases, heat entering the blood, high fever, delirium, irritability and insomnia, or subtle macules and crimson tongue. It can be used together with rhinoceros horn, raw rehmannia, and scrophularia to cool the blood and calm the mind, such as Qingying Decoction.

4. The Chinese medicine Salvia miltiorrhiza is cold in nature, can clear the heart and cool the blood, and has the effect of nourishing blood and calming the mind. It is used for palpitations and insomnia caused by insufficient heart blood, and is often used together with Chinese jujube seeds, cypress seeds, and raw rehmannia.

Reference for the use of Chinese medicine Danshen

Use with caution in patients with bleeding disorders. Anti-Veratrum. 5-15 grams. Stir-frying with wine can enhance the effect of promoting blood circulation.