Danshen Root
is the dried root and rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.
(Fam.Labiatae).
Action: To remove blood
stasis and relieve pain, to promote the flow of blood and
stimulate menstrual discharge, and to ease the mind.
Indications: Menstrual
discorders, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea; mass formation in the
abdomen; pricking pain in the chest and abdomen, pain in acute
arthritis and subcutaneous infections; fidgets and insomnia;
hepatosplenomegaly; angina pectoris.
Precaution: Incompatible
with Rhizoma et Radix Veratri.
