Product Description

【Chinese name】Dan Shen
【Common name】Red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen, or danshen
【Latin name】Salvia miltiorrhiza
【Annual/Perennial】Perennial
【Climate zone】Subfrigid zone, temperate zone, subtropical zone
【Harvest time】Collected in spring and summer.
【Seeds No】1.*4g / ***0 Seeds
【Storage】stored in ventilated, cool, dry place; Keep seeds from moisture, high temperature and bugs. Viable for **2 years at room temperature. Better store seeds at 5 centigrade. 
【Plant height】 0.3 m - 1m
【Smell and taste】Light smell, lightly bitter and astringent taste.
【Flower】 blue and purple
【Blooming period】May to September
【Fruiting period】August to October
【Sun/Shade】Ample light
【Soil】sandy-loam
【Medicinal parts】roots. Chinese name: Danshen.
【Harvest & Processing】Excavated the whole plant from Oct.-Nov. of the second year of planting after autumn sowing when the above ground part withers or before sprouting in the next spring, removed remain stem leaves, spread for sun-dried, softening the root, shake off the sediment (not washed), sun-dried to *0%**0% dried. Removed the root, sun-dried to *0%**0% dried, removed the fibril, and sun-dried.
【Main components】Contains tanshinone, cryptotanshinone, isotanshinone, salvianolic acid, rosmarinic acid, alkannic acid, protocatechualdehyde, caffeic acid, daiclzein and isoferalic acid.
【Pharmacological effect】Cardiovascular-disease-improving, platelet-coagulation-inhibiting and anti-tumors, anti-hepatic injuries and antioxidative.
【Property】Bitter, little cold. Promoting blood circulation and dispelling stasis, nourishing the blood and calming mental state, regulating menstruation and suppressing pains, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncle.

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