What are the medicinal values ​​of Danshen?

Salvia miltiorrhiza is a precious Chinese medicinal material in my country with extremely high medicinal value, so it has become a frequently used Chinese medicinal material. Many people only know that Salvia miltiorrhiza is precious, but they don’t know its specific medicinal value. Let’s now take a closer look at the medicinal value of Salvia miltiorrhiza.

Danshen, a traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried root and rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge., a plant of the Lamiaceae family. Dig it up in spring and autumn, remove the mud and sand, and dry it. It is distributed in most parts of the country. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting menstruation and relieving pain, clearing the heart and eliminating restlessness, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle. It is used for chest pain, abdominal pain, flank pain, mass accumulation, heat pain, restlessness and insomnia, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, sores and swelling.

Danshen tastes bitter and slightly pungent, and is 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, flanks, and abdomen caused by blood stasis, accumulation, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by postpartum blood stasis, joint pain, bruises and swelling, restlessness due to febrile diseases, palpitations due to blood deficiency, sores, swelling and toxins, and rashes and scabies. Danshen tablets (composed of Danshen, Panax notoginseng and borneol) are a Chinese patent medicine that can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, regulate qi and relieve pain. It is mainly used for angina pectoris (coronary heart disease), hypertension, cervical spondylosis and chest tightness. Due to its reliable efficacy, few side effects and low price, Compound Danshen Tablets have become one of the most frequently used Chinese patent medicines.

It is used for chest, rib and flank pain, rheumatic pain, mass lumps, swelling and pain of sores, pain from falls, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum pain, etc. It is effective in treating chest and rib pain, mass lumps, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, and is often used in combination with Chuanxiong. In the treatment of chest and abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, it is often used together with drugs such as Amomum villosum and Santalum album.

It is used for febrile disease with heat entering the blood, causing rashes on the body, coma and irritability. It is often used together with fresh Rehmannia root, buffalo horn, Scrophularia ningpoensis and other medicines.

Used for palpitations, restlessness and insomnia. It is often used together with other medicines such as Chinese jujube seed and cypress seed.

The above introduces the specific medicinal value of Salvia miltiorrhiza. We know that Salvia miltiorrhiza has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, nourishing blood and calming the nerves. However, Salvia miltiorrhiza cannot be taken for a long time, which is something we need to pay attention to.