INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Herba Salviae Chinensis |
| Common English: | Red Sage Herb |
Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Invigorate the Blood
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Acrid Bland |
Cold |
Heart Pericardium Lung Stomach Liver Spleen |
6-15g Large doses: 15-30g For phlebitis: 30-60g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood and calms the Shen |
Metrorrhagia, postmenstrual abdominal pain, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, arthralgia due to Wind-Damp and various forms of cancer |
Relieves Heat, detoxifies, promotes diuresis, dissipates nodulation and reduces swelling |
Pain in the bones, abscesses and carbuncles, scrofula, swelling, hepatitis, dysphagia, asthma due to excessive phlegm and leukorrhea with reddish discharge. |
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- This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- This herb is used for Liver, Stomach, Colon, Lung, esophageal and nasopharyngeal cancer.
- This herb is also said to be effective for "incurable" dysphagia and regurgitation.
- One source says that it is used mainly to treat bone pain, leprosy and carbuncles.
- It is said to cure scrofula.
- It is also used to treat hepatitis and early-stage cirrhosis.