Lamiaceae · root
Danshen
Salvia miltiorrhiza
Root mapped as Dan Shen: moves blood in stasis pictures, with human cardiovascular-adjunct literature that does not replace ACS care.
Safety first
Anticoagulant potentiation is documented enough to treat this as professional. Chest pain is ACS until proven otherwise. Not a statin. Injectable danshen products are a different, hospital-era object.
Tradition vs trials
Traditional record. Bensky: Dan Shen invigorates blood, breaks stasis, and clears heat from the blood in classical language.
Trial literature. Extracts appear in Chinese cardiovascular trials of mixed quality. Interaction with anticoagulants is the Western safety story.
Practical ranges
Educational ranges — not a prescription. Culinary use is not an extract.
root in formulas
Pharmacopoeia ranges often around 5–15 g in formulas — professional context
Chinese Pharmacopoeia / Bensky — Educational range only — not a prescription. A licensed clinician individualizes product, dose, and duration.
Pregnancy, nursing, children
- Pregnancy. Avoid (moving blood).
- Nursing. Insufficient reliable data; avoid unless a clinician directs otherwise.
- Children. Insufficient reliable data; avoid unless a clinician directs otherwise.
Contraindications
- unsupervised use with anticoagulants
- chest pain as a stasis tea
Key interactions
- anticoagulants / antiplatelets / warfarin · avoid
Potentiation reports. Pharmacist/clinician only.