This product is the root of the perennial herb Sanqi (Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen) from the Araliaceae family. It is mainly produced in Yunnan and Guangxi, and is mostly cultivated. It is harvested before flowering in autumn, dried, and used in its raw form.

Sanqi, like Ginseng, belongs to the Araliaceae family. It is traditionally used by the folk for its nourishing properties. Research has shown that Sanqi can improve the function of the cardiovascular system, accelerate the elimination of exercise-induced fatigue, and enhance constitution. Additionally, the root of the Compositae plant Sanqi grass (Gynura segetum (Lour.) Merr.) is known as Chrysanthemum Leaf Sanqi; the root or whole plant of the Crassulaceae plant aizoon stonecrop herb (Sedum aizoon L.) is known as aizoon stonecrop herb. Both have similar effects to Sanqi but are weaker, and they also possess the ability to remove toxins and reduce inflammation.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet and slightly bitter, warm. act on liver and stomach channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Resolving stasis to stop bleeding, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain.

bubble_chart Indications

1. It is used for various internal and external hemorrhagic syndromes, especially suitable for those with blood stasis. This product can both stop bleeding and disperse stasis, with remarkable efficacy. It has the characteristics of stopping bleeding without leaving stasis and resolving stasis without harming the body, making it an excellent medicine for hemorrhagic syndromes. It can be effective when used alone, either internally or externally. It is used to treat hemoptysis, hematemesis, bloody stool, hematuria, menorrhagia, metrostaxis, and traumatic bleeding; it can also be used in combination with Ophicalcite, Carbonized Human Hair, such as in the Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu Blood-Transforming Pill.
2. It is used for traumatic injuries and pain caused by blood stasis. This product can invigorate blood and resolve stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, making it an essential medicine in traumatology. It can be used alone, either internally or externally, or in combination with other medicines that invigorate blood and remove stagnation.
3. In addition, in recent years, its stasis-resolving properties have been used to treat coronary heart disease with colicky pain, ischemic cerebrovascular disease, sequelae of cerebral hemorrhage, and other conditions, with good efficacy; it can also be used for chronic hepatitis of the blood stasis type.
4. There are also cases where injections of this product are administered intramuscularly, and suppositories are used vaginally to treat uterine prolapse.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Bencao Gangmu: "Stops bleeding, disperses blood, relieves pain, treats wounds from blades and arrows, falls, and beatings that cause bleeding... Also treats hematemesis, nosebleeds, bloody stools, bloody dysentery, menorrhagia, incessant menstruation, postpartum retention of lochia, postpartum dizziness due to hemorrhage, blood pain, red and swollen eye pain, and injuries from tiger bites and snakebites."
2. Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu: "Sanqi... excels in transforming static blood and is also effective in stopping abnormal bleeding, making it a key medicine for vomiting blood and nosebleeds. After recovery, it prevents static blood from remaining in the meridians... It transforms static blood without harming new blood, truly a marvelous product for regulating blood."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Take 1-1.5g of the powdered form each time; it can also be used in decoction, 3-10g; for external use, apply an appropriate amount of the powder or mix it into a paste for topical application.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains Sanqi saponins, flavonoid glycosides, Daimyo Oak Bark elements, Daimyo Oak Bark glycosides, and β-sitosterol. The hemostatic active component is β-N-Z-diacyl-L-α,β-diaminopropionic acid.

1. It has hemostatic effects, can shorten the coagulation time in rabbits, exhibits significant anticoagulant activity, inhibits platelet aggregation, promotes fibrinolysis, and reduces whole blood viscosity;
2. it can increase coronary blood flow in anesthetized animals, reduce myocardial oxygen consumption, promote the formation of collateral circulation in coronary infarction areas, increase cardiac output, and has antiarrhythmic effects;
3. it possesses anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and sedative properties.
4. Additionally, it enhances adrenal cortical function, regulates glucose metabolism, protects the liver, has anti-aging effects, and exhibits anti-tumor activity.