Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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丹參 Danshen Root Dan Shen

ID: D00103

Pharmaceutical Name:
Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae

Latin name:
Salvia miltiorrhiza Bunge.

Location: 29

Chinese Name

丹參

Chinese Pinyin

Dan Shen

English Name

Danshen Root

Family

Lamiaceae/Labiatae

Taste

slightly bitter-astringent

Odour

faint

Clinical Indications

1. Menstrual disorders, lochiorrhoea, lochiostasis
2. Abdominal pain, pricking pain in the chest, trauma, rheumatism
3. Irritability, palpitations and insomnia

Origin of Production

Lushi, Henan, China

Display Category

Hong Kong Chinese Materia Medica Standards (Experimental Samples)

Function Category

Blood Circulation-Promoting and Stasis-Removing Drugs

Medicine Category

Plant

Source

Centre Collection

Link to

Chinese Medicinal Material Images Database

Medicinal Plant Images Database

Phytochemical Image Database

Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/cmsd/detail.php?herb_id=D00103