Salvia miltiorrhiza, scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried root and rhizome of salvia miltiorrhiza. Labiatae. Excavate in spring and autumn, remove sediment and dry. Distributed in most parts of the country. It has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging menstruation, relieving pain, clearing away heart fire, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle. Can be used for treating chest pain, abdominal pain, abdominal pain, abdominal pain stagnation, heat pain, dysphoria, insomnia, menoxenia, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea and sores.

physiological property

Perennial herb, 30 ~ 80 cm tall. The roots are slender and cylindrical, and the skin is vermilion. The stem is quadrangular with branches on the upper part. Leaves opposite; A single pinnate compound leaf with 3 ~ 5 leaflets. The apical lobule is larger than the lateral lobule, and the lobule is oval. Cymes are axillary, lip-shaped, blue-purple, with upright upper lip and short lower lip. Nutlets are rectangular and dark brown or black when mature. The flowering period is from May to 65438+10, and the fruiting period is from June to165438+10.

growing environment

Born in sunny hillside grassland, ditch side, roadside or forest side. Distributed in most parts of the country.

Medicinal material characters

1. The rhizome of this product is short and thick, and sometimes the stem base is left at the top. There are several, long cylindrical, slightly curved, partially branched, with whisker-like fine roots, length 10 ~ 20 cm, diameter 0.3~lcm. The surface is brownish red or dark brownish red, rough and with longitudinal wrinkles. The epidermis of old roots is loose, mostly purple-brown, and often falls off. Hard and brittle, with loose cross-section, cracks or slightly flat and dense, reddish brown skin, grayish yellow or purplish brown wood, and yellow-white duct bundles arranged radially. Slight gas and bitter taste.

2. The cultivated product is stout, with a diameter of 0.5 ~ 1.5 cm. The surface is reddish brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, and the skin is not easy to peel off. Solid, flat section, slightly horny.

Piecewise character

1, Danshen: round or oval thick tablets. The skin is brownish red or dark brownish red, rough and longitudinally wrinkled. The section is cracked or slightly flat and dense, with horniness in some parts, reddish brown skin, grayish yellow or purplish brown wood, and yellow-white radial texture. Slight gas and bitter taste.

2. Wine Salvia Miltiorrhiza: It looks like a slice of Salvia Miltiorrhiza with a reddish-brown surface and a slight wine aroma.