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, vermilion outside and white inside, fleshy, odd pinnate compound leaves, 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, humid air, annual average temperature 17℃, temperature 1℃ and average relative humidity of 77%, and grow well in fertile sandy soil.

What does Salvia Miltiorrhiza look like and its pictures?

Salvia miltiorrhiza is the dry root and rhizome of labiatae, which is excavated in spring and autumn. Salvia miltiorrhiza grows up with short and thick root diameter, with a stem base at the top, which is red from a distance. Many of them are slightly curved roots, with fine branched whiskers and a length of 10-20cm.

Efficacy and function of salvia miltiorrhiza

Salvia miltiorrhiza is a bitter and 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 to remove blood stasis, cooling blood and reducing swelling. It is used to treat headache, chest pain, hypochondriac pain, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis, irregular menstruation, joint pain, febrile disease, traumatic swelling and pain, sores and blood deficiency caused by blood stasis.