Korean Salvia (Dansalbi)
Salvia miltiorrhiza
About Korean Salvia (Dansalbi)
Korean Salvia (Dansalbi) (Salvia miltiorrhiza) is a herb used in the Korean Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Heart Health, Circulation, Insomnia, and Cholesterol. 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