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Red Sage / Salvia 丹参
Dān Shēn · Salvia miltiorrhiza (Radix)
Invigorate Blood 活血化瘀- Nature
- Slightly cold 微寒
- Flavour
- Bitter 苦
- Channels
- Heart, Pericardium, Liver 心·心包·肝
- Part used
- Root
- Species
- Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.
- Origin
- Shandong, Sichuan, Shaanxi
Traditional actions
Invigorates the blood and dispels stasis, cools the blood and soothes irritability, calms the spirit.
Traditionally used for
Chest/heart stasis pain, menstrual stasis, palpitations with restlessness.