The efficacy and function of purple salvia miltiorrhiza and the contraindications of its use

Purple salvia miltiorrhiza, also known as red ginseng, mountain ginseng, running horse grass, blood ginseng root, Ren ginseng, red ginseng, blood ginseng, red salvia miltiorrhiza, summer salvia miltiorrhiza, purple ginseng, etc. The root is used as medicine, containing tanshinone, which is a strong menstrual agent, with the effects of removing blood stasis, promoting new blood, activating blood circulation, and regulating menstruation. It is an important gynecological medicine, mainly used to treat uterine bleeding, irregular menstruation, blood stasis, abdominal pain, menstrual pain, amenorrhea, and temple pain. It has a good effect on the treatment of coronary heart disease.

The efficacy and function of purple salvia miltiorrhiza

Effects on the cardiovascular system

① Strengthen the heart, increase myocardial contractility, improve heart function, and do not increase myocardial oxygen consumption

② Effect on blood vessels: dilate coronary arteries, increase myocardial blood flow; dilate peripheral blood vessels, increase blood flow; decrease cerebral blood flow

③ Anti-thrombosis, increase plasmin activity; prolong bleeding and coagulation time; inhibit platelet aggregation (increase cAMP level in platelets and inhibit TXA2 synthesis); improve blood rheology (reduce blood viscosity and shorten red blood cell electrophoresis time)

④ Improve microcirculation

Promote tissue repair and regeneration

① Promote tissue repair and regeneration. Treatment with Danshen preparations: Necrotic myocardium is cleared quickly; fibroblast differentiation and collagen fiber formation are more obvious; granulation formation is relatively mature. Local congestion is reduced, blood circulation is improved, and healing time is shortened.

② Inhibit excessive proliferation It has an inhibitory effect on excessive proliferation of fibroblasts. Protect the liver and improve liver microcirculation. Antibacterial Danshen preparations contain cryptotanshinone and dihydrotanshinone, which have an inhibitory effect on in vitro Staphylococcus, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus.

Yunnan people often prefer to use Panax notoginseng and Danshen powder to treat and prevent hyperlipidemia and coronary heart disease, and the effect is very outstanding. Because Danshen and Panax notoginseng have the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and lowering blood lipids, but Panax notoginseng is relatively expensive, so people prefer to use Panax notoginseng with Danshen.

Nutritional value of purple salvia

Contains tanshinone, protocatechuic aldehyde, protocatechuic acid, tanshinone, vitamin E, etc.

Medicinal value of purple salvia miltiorrhiza

Nature and flavor Meridians: bitter, slightly cold. Regulates the heart and liver meridians.

Efficacy and application: Activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle, clearing the heart and relieving restlessness. Indications: irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and pain, accumulation of masses, stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, rheumatic arthralgia, sores and carbuncle, fever and coma, palpitations and insomnia; cirrhosis, coronary heart disease. Nature and flavor: bitter, slightly cold. Entrance to the heart and liver meridians.

Side effects of purple salvia miltiorrhiza

Danshen tablets made from purple salvia miltiorrhiza can dilate coronary arteries, increase blood perfusion of the heart, slow down heart rate, and improve myocardial hypoxia. It is a Chinese patent medicine with the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, regulating qi and relieving pain, and calming the mind. It can also inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce blood viscosity, and regulate blood lipids. Clinically, Danshen tablets are mainly used for symptoms such as palpitations, pale complexion, chest tightness, and cold limbs in coronary heart disease. Danshen tablets can promote blood circulation and dredge collaterals, cool blood and eliminate carbuncle, remove blood stasis and relieve pain, clear the heart and eliminate troubles. It is suitable for various diseases caused by blood stasis and blood heat. Danshen tablets basically have no side effects.

Contraindications of using purple salvia miltiorrhiza

1. Salvia miltiorrhiza should not be eaten with acidic foods such as vinegar. Vinegar is sweet and sour and warm in nature. Most sour things are warm in nature, while Salvia miltiorrhiza is slightly cold in nature and can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, and dilate blood vessels. The two have incompatible functions, so they should not be eaten together.

2. Danshen should not be eaten with sheep liver. The iron, calcium, magnesium and other ions in sheep liver can react with the keto oxygen and hydroxyl oxygen in the Danshen molecules to form a complex, thereby reducing the efficacy of the medicine. Therefore, it is forbidden to eat sheep liver when taking Danshen.

3. Salvia miltiorrhiza should not be eaten with onions, Veratrum, and milk.

Danshen can promote blood circulation but can also cause severe bleeding: heart patients who are taking anticoagulant drugs should be careful not to cause severe bleeding if they take Danshen at the same time.