Dan Shen
| Dan Shen in TCM:Explore the properties of Dan Shen according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: salvia root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Salviae Miltorrhizae
Properties: bitter, cool
Temperature: cool
Channels: HT, LV, PC
Flavors: bitter
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, reduces swelling
Actions / Indications:
- Invigorates blood, regulates menses (quickens blood
more than it nourishes blood; blood stasis disorders in lower jiao:
dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable masses, lochioschesis, blood stasis
with pain in chest, hypochondriac region, epigastrium; angina pectoris,
stroke recovery)
- Clears heat; Soothes heart; calms the spirit (irritability,
restlessness, palpitations, anxiety, insomnia due to heat in ying level
or heart and kidney disharmony)
- Cools blood, reduces swelling (sores, abcesses, carbuncles,
boils)
Special Notes:
- Antagonistic with Li Lu
- The single herb Dan Shen has a similar action as the formula Si
Wu Tang all by itself
- Extreme caution with drugs like Warfarin and/or Digoxin.
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