Dan Shen 40 packets 2 grams

Dan Shen Granules

Brand: TCM Zone 5:1 Singles

English name: salvia root

Chinese name: Da Zao

Unit Size: box of 40/2 gm packets

Potency: 5:1

Taste: Bitter - Bensky

Properties: Slightly cold - Bensky

Contraindications: Contraindicated during pregnancy. Do not use in combination with Veratri nigri Radix et Rhizoma (li lu) - Bensky

Chinese Symptomology: Blood stasis disorders; restlessness, irritability, palpitations, insomnia due to heat entering the nutritive level; breast abscess and sores; palpitations and insomnia due to either heat entering the nutritive and blood levels or insufficient Heart blood. - Bensky

Actions: Invigorates the blood, tonifies the blood, calms irritability due to blood heat - Bensky

Pattern: Blood stasis, heat entering the nutritive level; Heart and Kidney yin deficiency; Sores and abscesses; Insufficient Heart blood - Bensky

Channels Entered: Heart, Pericardium, Liver - Bensky

Ingredients: Dan Shen - Salviae miltiorrhizae Radix

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

• Invigorates the blood and dispels stasis: for a wide variety of blood stasis disorders in any part of the body. Most commonly used for problems affecting the lower abdomen, chest, or hypochondria. It is a very important herb in gynecology.
• Clears heat and soothes irritability: especially useful for restlessness, irritability, palpitations, and insomnia due to heat entering the nutritive level. Can also be used in patterns of Heart and Kidney yin deficiency.
• Cools the blood
• Nourishes the blood and calms the spirit: for palpitations and insomnia due to either heat entering the nutritive and blood levels or insufficient Heart blood.

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