Notoginseng
Chinese Traditional Herb Medicine
1. Pharmaceutical name: Radix Notoginseng.
2. Latin botanical name: Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen.
3. Common Name: notoginseng root or pseudoginseng root.(San Qi)
4. Channels (meridians) entered: liver, stomach, large intestine.
5. Actions & Indications:Raw san qi can stop bleeding and can transform blood stasis. It can stop bleeding without causing blood clots. It is widely used in injury medicine as in broken bones, swelling, impact injuries. Cooked san qi can be used as tonic.
6.Medical Function:
1). Stop bleeding and anticoagulation: anticoagulation of platelets, promotes dissolving of fibrinogens,
2). Anti-inflammation
3). Relieving pain
4). Calming
5). Enhances the effects of adrenocortical hormone: regulate the metabolism of sugar.
6). Protects liver
7) Anti cancer
8). Improve capillary circulation: anti fatigue
9). Anti aging
10). Arrest bleeding (active chemical:dencichine, there is more of that in raw tian qi )
7.Present Day Applications:
For treating:
1). bleeding disorder
2). retinal arterial/vein thrombosis
3). head injuries
4). brain hemorrhage
5). disease of the blood vessels of the brain
6). lacunar infarction
2012 Radix Notoginseng (SanQi) Herb Medicine