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Botanical Name |
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Salvia miltiorrhiza |
English
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Red Sage |
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Lamiaceae |
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General Info
Description |
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A shade-growing perennial flowering plant. |
Herb Effects |
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Reduce platelet aggregation (sticking of blood cells that can form artery-blocking clots), reduces the tension in the arteries (thus causing them to dilate, or open wider to allow blood cells to pass), promotes the cardiac action. |
Chemistry
Active Ingredients |
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Cryptotanshinone, methyl-tanshinonate, salvianolic acid-A, salviol, tanshinone-I, tanshinone-II (root) |
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients |
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Formula |
Structure |
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Cryptotanshinone |
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C19H20O3 |
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Salviol |
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(4aS)-1,1,4a-trimeth yl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3 ,4,9,10,10a-hexahydr ophenanthr
ene-3,6- diol |
C20H30O2 |
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Pharmacology
Medicinal Use |
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In treating cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis, vascular disorders and chestpain, inhibits HIV infection in human T lymphocyte cells and mononuclear phagocytic lineage cells. |
Contraindication |
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Caution is advised in patients with bleeding disorders, taking drugs that may increase the risk of bleeding, or prior to some surgical procedures. |
Reference |
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Dong JC. Xu LN. [Beneficial effects of acetylsalvianolic acid A on focal cerebral ischemic rats subjected to middle cerebral artery thrombosis]. Yao Hsueh Hsueh Pao1996;31(1):6-9.
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