Dan Shen (Red Sage)
Salvia miltiorrhiza
About Dan Shen (Red Sage)
Dan Shen (Red Sage) (Salvia miltiorrhiza) is a herb used in the Traditional Chinese Medicine tradition to help with Heart Health, Circulation, High Blood Pressure, and Insomnia, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Salvia miltiorrhiza (simplified Chinese: 丹参; traditional Chinese: 丹參; pinyin: dānshēn), also known as red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen, or danshen, is a perennial plant in the genus Salvia, highly valued for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine. Native to China and Japan, it grows at 90 to 1,200 m (300 to 3,940 ft) elevation, preferring grassy places in forests, hillsides, and along stream banks. The specific epithet miltiorrhiza means "red ochre root". Since the outbreak of SARS...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist