INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Salviae Chinensis
Common English: Red Sage Herb
Herbs that Regulate the Blood: Herbs that Invigorate the Blood
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Acrid
Bland
Cold
Heart
Pericardium
Lung
Stomach
Liver
Spleen
6-15g
Large doses: 15-30g
For phlebitis: 30-60g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood and calms the Shen

Metrorrhagia, postmenstrual abdominal pain, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, arthralgia due to Wind-Damp and various forms of cancer

Relieves Heat, detoxifies, promotes diuresis, dissipates nodulation and reduces swelling

Pain in the bones, abscesses and carbuncles, scrofula, swelling, hepatitis, dysphagia, asthma due to excessive phlegm and leukorrhea with reddish discharge.

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  1. This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  2. This herb is used for Liver, Stomach, Colon, Lung, esophageal and nasopharyngeal cancer.
  3. This herb is also said to be effective for "incurable" dysphagia and regurgitation.
  4. One source says that it is used mainly to treat bone pain, leprosy and carbuncles.
  5. It is said to cure scrofula.
  6. It is also used to treat hepatitis and early-stage cirrhosis.