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dan shen      ¤¦°Ñ

by: Joe Hing Kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

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Radix Salvia miltiorrhizae

Latin botanical name:

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Salvia miltiorrhiza Bge.

Pron. in Japanese:

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tanjin

Pron. in Korean:

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daan1 sam

Pron. in Cantonese:

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Common Name:

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salvia root

Distribution:

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Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Jilin

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bitter, slightly cold

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Channels (meridians) entered:

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heart and liver

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rid of clot blood, pain, invigorate blood, breakup blood stasis,  for dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, palpable tumors, angina, heat bi, restlessness and insomnia, irritability, swollen spleen, pain in digestive system,

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Medical Function:

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  1. antithrombotic

  2. antihypertonic (lowering blood pressure)

  3. antimicrobial

  4. antipyretic

  5. anti-inflammatory

  6. hepatoprotective

  7. sedative

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Chemical ingredients:

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1. (1) tanshinone I, cryptotanshinone[1,2], hydroxytanshinone, methyltanshinonate[3,4], methylene tanshiquinone[5], przewatanshinquinone A),przewatanshinquinone B [6], miltirone[7], dihydrotanshinone I [8], tanshinol A, tanshinol B, tanshinol C, 3-£\-hydroxy tanshinone II^, nortanshinone [9], 1, 2, 15, 16-tetrahydrotanshiquinone [10].

isotanshinone, isocryptotanshinone [3,4], tanshiquinone A, B, C[11].

(2) saloilenone[12], danshenspiroketallactone, Tanshilactone[14].

(3) salviol, tanshialdehyde.

2. danshensuan A, B, C, protocatechuic acid, protocatechuic aldehyde [15, 16, 17].

baicalin, £]-sitosterol, ursolic acid, daucosterol, isoferulic acid, dihydroisotanshinone I[18].

Dosage:

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6 to 15 g

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Samples of formulae:

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Modern Research:

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Significantly increase in coronary blood flow due to reduction of vascular resistance.

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Cautions:

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Administration of tinctures of this herb can lead to severe itching, stomachache, or reduced appetite.

While taking dan shen do not use milk or soy product because milk or soy product can lower the effective of dan shen. Do not use with blood thinning drugs, like warfarin, heparin etc.

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