Description
野生 紫丹参片（16 oz/包）
Danshen Root, Root of Dan-shen
红根、血参根、血山根、红丹参、紫丹参
功效
为唇形科植物丹参的根。 主治心绞痛，月经不调，痛经，经闭，血崩带下，癥瘕，积聚，瘀血腹痛，骨节疼痛，惊悸不眠，恶疮肿毒。
经脉
入心经、肝经。
主治
祛瘀止痛，活血通经，清心除烦。治心绞痛，月经不调，痛经，经闭，血崩带下，癥瘕，积聚，瘀血腹痛，骨节疼痛，惊悸不眠，恶疮肿毒。
用法用量
内服：煎汤，9～15g；或入丸、散。
外用：熬膏涂，或煎水熏洗。
注意禁忌
无瘀血者慎服。
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge / Dan Shen Root (16 oz)
“According to Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Salvia Miltiorrhizae Radix & Rhizoma exerts a beneficial action by promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis and assuage pain, clearing heart heat to relieve restlessness, and cooling blood to remove carbuncle.” (NIH) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421141/
According to the manufacturer:
This herb tastes bitter and has a lukewarm effect, [i.e, does not strongly warm the body.] It is the root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, a plant of the Lamiaceae.
Indications: Angina pectoris, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, bleeding and constriction, lumps, accumulation, blood stasis, abdominal pain, joint pain, palpitations, insomnia, malignant sores, swelling, and poisoning.
Meridians: It enters the Heart meridian and Liver meridian. Indications: It dispels blood stasis and relieves pain, promotes blood circulation and regulates menstruation, clears the heart pain and relieves [heart] troubles
It cures angina pectoris, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, bleeding and bleeding, agglomeration, accumulation, blood stasis, abdominal pain, joint pain, palpitations, sleeplessness, malignant sores, swelling and poisoning.
Dosage: Oral administration: decoction, 9-15g; or into pills or powder. External use: boil to make an ointment coating or decoction for fumigation.
Cautions: Take it with caution if there is no blood stasis.
NIH: Current pharmaceutical design: 2017 “Salvia miltiorrhiza: A Potential Red Light to the Development of Cardiovascular Diseases”
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5421141/
Currently, there have been more than 200 compounds have been identified from S. miltiorrhiza Bunge. Most of these compounds exhibit multipotent pharmacological activities. Various in vitro and in vivo preclinical experiments showed S. miltiorrhiza and its ingredients could lower hypertension, improve atherosclerosis and myocardial ischemia reperfusion.
