Salvia miltiorrhiza is the plant root of Salvia miltiorrhiza, also known as red root, red robe, ginseng root, dicotyledonous plant, and also a perennial erect herb with thick roots, white outside and fleshy inside, odd pinnate compound leaves and terminal or axillary racemes.
What plant is Salvia miltiorrhiza?
This species belongs to Labiatae. Salvia miltiorrhiza roots grow in an environment with mild climate, abundant sunshine and humid air, with an annual average temperature of 65,438 0℃ and an average relative humidity of 77%, and grow well in fertile sandy soil.
What does salvia miltiorrhiza look like and its pictures?
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge is the dry root and rhizome of Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge of Labiatae, which is excavated in spring and autumn. Salvia miltiorrhiza grows short and thick, with a stem base at the top, which looks red from a distance. Many of them are slightly curved roots with slender branches and the length is 10-20cm.
Efficacy and function of salvia miltiorrhiza
Salvia miltiorrhiza is a bitter cold medicine, which can enter the heart meridian, spleen meridian, liver meridian and kidney blood. It has good effects of nourishing blood, calming nerves, promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, cooling blood and reducing swelling. It can be used for treating headache, chest pain, hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, irregular menstruation, joint pain, fever, traumatic swelling and pain, sores and blood deficiency caused by blood stasis.