Dan+Shen+(Salvia)

[[image:dan_shen.jpg width="137" height="348" align="right"]]Dan Shen (Salvia) ["Cinnabar Root"]
Category: Herbs that Invigorate Blood & Remove Blood Stasis (to Regulate Menses) Nature : **Slightly Cold** Flavors: Bitter Channels: HT, LR

Functions: Promote Blood circulation and remove Blood stasis; **Cool Blood** and relieve swelling; **Nourish Blood and calm Shen** **[Nourishes, moves, expels old, and makes new Blood]** Indications: 1. Irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, abdominal pain after childbirth, pain in the chest, abdomen, masses and pain in the limbs due to Blood stasis **[Gynecological disorders]** 2, Carbuncles and boils due to heat and Blood stasis in the Blood 3. Restlessness, delirium, and high fever or eruption and deep red tongue in febrile disease 4. Insomnia, palpitations due to heat and **Blood stasis in the Heart [Heart heat, irritability]**

Blood: Improves microcirculation, anti-sclerotic effect, inhibits thrombocyte aggregation Heart: Increases heart function and coronary vessel circulation capacity Other: anti-inflammatory, antimycotic, anticarcinogenic, prevents liver damage, ischemic kidney damage, lung damage, anti-ulcerative, prevents endotoxin-induced shock, captures free radicals, estrogenic effect, protects from bronchial asthma, calming effect.
 * Pharmaceutical Research:**

New Clinical Uses: Coronary heart disease, bacterial myocarditis in children, high blood viscosity, hemorrhoids, apoplexy, hepatitis, retinal vein thrombosis, whooping cough, nephritis, diabetes, hemorrhagic fever, malignant lymphomas, scleroderma

Dosage: 5-15g. Contra: Do not combine w/ Li Lu

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