The botanical garden in Zurich is home to a number of plants that are used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
The botanists and experts at Phytax GmbH(www.phytax.ch) were asked by the botanical garden to help with the labelling of certain plants. They wanted to label them with a reference to TCM. There were specifications on which points information was desired in the limited space available.
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Red root sage is a medicinal plant frequently used in China. It is also often used by TCM specialists in our country. Salvia miltiorrhiza was mostly collected wild before the 1960s, today it is cultivated. cultivated. The best quality comes from the province of Sichuan in central China. Tanshinone is an important ingredient. In TCM traditionally does not focus on the individual ingredients of a plant, but on the overall effect of all of them, or even only one plant is rarely only one plant is prescribed, but several together in a formulation that support each other.
Getrocknete Rotwurzelsalbei (Dan Shen, Salvia mltiorrhiza)
In the Chinese sense, red root sage tonifies and moves the blood. In fact, modern studies show effects on the blood clotting system and on hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis) and thus on diseases of the heart and circulation (see e.g. Sieveking et al. 2005, International Journal of Cardiology). Google Scholar Google Scholar has hundreds of entries on research using the term 'Salvia miltiorrhiza'. The plant is also used in TCM in gynaecology, where the blood factor also plays a major role.
Salvia miltiorrhiza can change the coagulation parameters in people who are taking Western medicines (anticoagulation, antiplatelet agents), so that a dose adjustment may be necessary. In TCM, red root sage is a medicine that is not suitable for self-medication.
Med. Pract. Severin Bühlmann, physician
Dr Owi Nandi, (1966-2014) Scientific expert (Institute for Systematic Botany of the University of Zurich and Phytax GmbH, competence laboratory for Asian remedies)
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