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Salvia miltiorrhiza (Template:Zh-tsp), also known as Red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen, or dan shen, is a shade-growing perennial flowering plant in the genus Salvia, highly valued for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The roots are used in TCM to thin and promote blood flow. It is also used to treat myocardial infarction and stroke.[1]
External link
- Salvia and the History of Microcirculation Research in China
- Medline plus: Danshen (Salvia miltiorrhiza)
References
- ↑ Tan, Benny K.-H., Boon-Huat Bay, and Yi-Zhun Zhu. 2004. Novel compounds from natural products in the new millennium: potential and challenges. Singapore: World Scientific. Page 183.