Sanqi is also called Tianqi, even the blood mountain grass, June shower, scorpion grass. In ancient times, it was also called Zhao Shen, Shenshen, Sanqi, Tianqi and Shanqi. It has many aliases, which also makes more people misunderstand it. Panax notoginseng is mainly distributed in southwest China, and its roots can be used as medicine, which has obvious effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, and has the reputation of "gold will not change" and "sacred grass in South China".
Panax notoginseng is excavated in spring and summer, which is divided into "Spring Seven" and "Winter Seven". Because Panax notoginseng belongs to the genus Panax, its effective active substance is higher than that of Panax ginseng, so it is also called "the king of Panax ginseng" by modern Chinese medicine pharmacologists. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records: "Ginseng is the first to tonify qi, and Sanqi is the first to tonify blood, with the same taste, so it is called Ginseng Sanqi, which is the most precious Chinese medicine."
Indications of Sanqi function: hemostasis, blood stasis, detumescence and pain relief. At the same time, it has obvious curative effect on hematemesis, hemoptysis, epistaxis, hematochezia, bloody dysentery, metrorrhagia, abdominal mass, postpartum blood halo, lochia, traumatic bleeding, carbuncle swelling and pain.
Above, we introduced what Panax notoginseng is. We know that it is a very precious medicinal material with high medicinal properties. It is known as the king of ginseng and the sacred grass in the south of China. It can play a role in invigorating qi and even prevent many diseases. Moreover, people say that Sanqi and Tianqi are the same kind, and there is no difference, just an alias.