What are the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine Salvia miltiorrhiza?

Salvia miltiorrhiza itself is also a relatively common Chinese patent medicine, which has a very good effect in improving cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases that occur in many middle-aged and elderly people. It also has a good therapeutic effect on heart disease or myocardial ischemia, so you can use more salvia miltiorrhiza in your daily life. Older friends also need to carry some salvia miltiorrhiza with them.

The efficacy and function of Danshen

1. The role of the cardiovascular system

① Strengthen the heart. Strengthen myocardial contractility and improve heart function without increasing myocardial oxygen consumption

② Effect on blood vessels. Dilate coronary arteries, increase myocardial blood flow; dilate peripheral blood vessels, increase blood flow; decrease cerebral blood flow

③ Anti-thrombosis. Increase the activity of plasmin; prolong blood flow and coagulation time; inhibit platelet aggregation (increase the level of cAMP in platelets and inhibit TXA2 synthesis); improve blood rheology (reduce blood viscosity and shorten red blood cell electrophoresis time)

④ Improve microcirculation

2. Promote tissue repair and regeneration

① Promote tissue repair and regeneration. Treatment with Danshen preparations: Necrotic myocardium is cleared quickly; fibroblast differentiation and collagen fiber formation are more obvious; granulation tissue formation is relatively mature. Local congestion is reduced, blood circulation is improved, and healing time is shortened.

② Inhibit excessive proliferation. It has an inhibitory effect on excessive proliferation of fibroblasts.

Three liver protection. Improve liver microcirculation.

4. Antibacterial

Danshen preparations contain cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone, which have inhibitory effects on Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus subtilis in vitro.

Salvia miltiorrhiza therapeutic effects:

Danshen tastes bitter, slightly pungent, and slightly cold in nature; it is a medicine for the heart, spleen, liver, and kidney blood.

It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, nourishing blood and calming the mind, cooling blood and reducing swelling;

It is mainly used to treat pain in the head, chest, flank and abdomen caused by blood stasis, accumulation, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, abdominal pain due to postpartum blood stasis, joint pain, bruises and swelling, restlessness due to febrile disease, palpitations due to blood deficiency, sores, swelling and infection, and rashes and scabies.