Dan-shen extract

Common name: Salviae Miltiorrhizae Extract 
Botanical name: Salvia miltiorrhiza  
Active ingredient: Tanshinone

Appearance Reddish-brown fine powder
Specification: 10%,20,%50%, 90%
Assay: HPLC

CAS NO.:568-72-9

Latin Name:Miltiorrhiza Bge

Weight : 296.35

The herb called the dan shen is a native of Mongolia and Manchuria in East Asia; it is a very hardy and tough perennial mint growing in large areas of East Asia - where it is cultivated for a variety of uses. The dan shen can reach up to thirty two inches or eighty centimeters tall, the oval leaves of the herb bear characteristic toothed edges and the plant also has very distinctive clusters of purple flowers when in bloom. Herbal remedies are made mainly from the root of the dan shen which is normally harvested starting in the late autumn through to the early spring of the next year. The root of the dan shen is also very distinctive in morphology and is has a purplish-black and coarse interior, with the presence of numerous small white spots within its tissues.

Function:
1. Remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

2.cool blood and subdue swelling
3.clear away hearte fire and calm the mind
4.expand blood vessels,increase coronary blood flow and pressure  
5. Remove the acne and comedo.
6. Antioxidant.
7. Quench free-radicals and anti-aging function.
8. Treat the myocardial infarction, Parkinsons disease and Alzheimers disease.

SIDE EFFECTS AND CAUTIONS

For therapeutic purposes, both the tincture as well as the herbal tea form of the dan shen is utilized during treatment of patients. Professional supervision of the patients from a qualified health worker is necessary for the use of this herb during treatment for angina and other types of circulatory problems.