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Dan-Shen
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Dan-Shen · Red Sage · Tan-Shen · Astral Sage · Chinese sage · Chinese salvia · Roodwortel salie · Rotwurzel-Salbei · dan shen · dansam · kiinansalvia · red sage · redroot sage · rödrotssalvia · Çin ada çayı
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, TW
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Arthritis, Bactericide, Cancer(Cervix)
Science studied: ARSENIC, CALCIUM, CRYPTOTANSHINONE, DANSHENSPIROKETALLACTONE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Salvia miltiorrhiza
Common names: Dan-Shen, Red Sage, Tan-Shen, Astral Sage, Chinese sage, Chinese salvia, Roodwortel salie, Rotwurzel-Salbei, dan shen, dansam, kiinansalvia, red sage, redroot sage, rödrotssalvia, Çin ada çayı
POWO: 456707-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, TW.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Arthritis
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cicatrizant
- Circulation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Furunculosis
show 29 more documented entries
- Gastralgia
- Hemorrhage
- Hepatitis
- Hivess
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Leukemia
- Mastitis
- Menoxenia
- Metrorrhagia
- Palpitation
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Blood
- Amenorrhea
- Dermatophytosis
- Inflammation
- Medicine
- Miscarriage
- Puerperium
- Uteritis
- Astringent
- Bruise
- Heart
- Megalospleny
- Metroxenia
- Neurasthenia
- Vulnerary
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- TW
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Arthritis
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cicatrizant
- Circulation
- Dysmenorrhea
- Furunculosis
- Gastralgia
- Hemorrhage
- Hepatitis
- Hivess
show 25 more documented entries
- Hypertension
- Insomnia
- Leukemia
- Mastitis
- Menoxenia
- Metrorrhagia
- Palpitation
- Sedative
- Spasm
- Tonic
- Blood
- Amenorrhea
- Dermatophytosis
- Inflammation
- Medicine
- Miscarriage
- Puerperium
- Uteritis
- Astringent
- Bruise
- Heart
- Megalospleny
- Metroxenia
- Neurasthenia
- Vulnerary
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alterative · China · "
- Arthritis · China · "
- Bactericide · China · "
- Cancer(Cervix) · China · "
- Cicatrizant · China · "
- Circulation · China · "
- Dysmenorrhea · China · "
- Furunculosis · China · "
- Gastralgia · China · "
- Hemorrhage · China · "
- Hepatitis · China · "
- Hivess · China · "
- Hypertension · China · "
- Insomnia · China · "
- Leukemia · China · "
- Mastitis · China · "
- Menoxenia · China · "
- Metrorrhagia · China · "
- Palpitation · China · "
- Sedative · China · "
- Spasm · China · "
- Tonic · China · "
- Blood · China · "
- Amenorrhea · China · "
13 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Functional analysis of SmCSN5 in salt stress tolerance of Salvia miltiorrhiza. · 2026 source ↗
- Hypocotyl acupuncture: an efficient and practical protocol for transformation and genome editing in Salvia miltiorrhiza · 2026 source ↗
- Hypocotyl acupuncture: an efficient and practical protocol for transformation and genome editing in Salvia miltiorrhiza. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARSENIC
- CALCIUM
- CRYPTOTANSHINONE
- DANSHENSPIROKETALLACTONE
- IRON
- ISOCRYPTOTANSHINONE
- ISOTANSHINONE-II
- ISOTANSHINONE-III
- MAGNESIUM
- METHYL-TANSHINONATE
- METHYL-TANSHINONE
- POTASSIUM
- SALVIOL
- TANSHINOLACTONE
- TANSHINONE-I
- TANSHINONE-II-A
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- TANSHINONE-IIIB
- ZINC
- COPPER
- HYDROXYTANSHINONE
- ISOTANSHINONE-I
- MANGANESE
- MILTIRONE
- SODIUM
- TANSHINONE-II
- TANSHINONIC-ACID
- SALVIANOLIC-ACID-A
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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