| English
Name |
| Sanchi |
| Chinese
Name |
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| Picture |
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| Origin |
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Sanchi
is the dried root of Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F.
H. Chen (Fam. Araliaceae). |
| Nature
and Affinity |
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It
is sweet and slightly bitter in taste and warm in nature.
Its therapeutic action is related to the Channels of the Liver
and Stomach. |
| Main
Active Ingredient |
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Ginsenoside
Rb1(C54H92O23) and ginsenoside Rg1 (C42H72O14) |
| Precaution |
| Used
with caution in pregnancy. |
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Storage |
| Preserve
in a cool and dry place, protected from moth. |
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DESCRIPTION |
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Main
roots subconical or cylindrical, 1-6 cm long, 1-4 cm in diameter.
Externally greyish-brown or gryeish-yellow with interrupted
longitudinal wrinkles and branch root scars. Stem scars at
the apex surrounded by warty protrudings. Texture heavy and
compact, fracture greyish-green, yellowish-green or greyish-white,
wood slightly radislly arranged. Odour, slight; taste, bitter
but afterwards sweetish.
Jintiao Cylindrical, 2-6 cm long, the upper end 0.8 cm in
diameter, the lower end 0.3 cm in diameter.
Jiankou Irregularly shrunken lump-shaped or slat-shaped, externally
with several conspicuous stem scars and annulations; fracture
greyish-white in the centre and grey at the margin.
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ACTION |
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To eliminate
blood stasis, arrest bleeding, cause subsidence of swelling
and alleviate pain. |
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INDICATIONS |
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Hemoptysis,
hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding,
traumatic bleeding; pricking pain in the chest and abdomen,
traumatic swelling and pain. |
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REFERENTIAL
ADVICE |
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1.
Arresting bleeding and removing blood stasis.
The root
is effective for various kinds of internal and external hemorrhage.
With its virtue in arresting bleeding while removing blood
stasis, it is especially suitable for patients with both bleeding
and blood stasis.
2. Relieving
swelling and pains.
It is
often prescribed to treat traumatism, pain caused by ecchymoma,
and carbuncle, swelling and other skin and external diseases.
The root
can also be exhibited for coronary heart diseases, angina
pectoris and bites of venomous snakes.
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TIPS |
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Extremely
effective styptic action when applied directly to traumatic
wounds; heals without leaving clots and scars; internally and
externally, best drug for serious bleeding; can be used safely
in large doses. |
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