Yunnan Sage
Salvia Yunnanensis
Yun Nan Shu Wei Cao

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Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Root

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To quicken blood and dispel stasis, cool blood and stanch bleeding, nourish heart and quiet spirit, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Menstrual disorder, dysmenorrhea, menstrual block, persistent flow with abdominal pain, concretion and conglomeration, chest impediment and angina, arthralgia, mounting qi (hernia), flooding and spotting, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, hacking of blood, blood vacuity and numbness in limbs, sleepless, amnesia, fright palpitation, fearful throbbing, mammary welling abscess, swelling of sores, stasis swelling from knocks and falls.