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Salvia miltiorrhiza (Chinese: 丹參; pinyin: dānshēn), also known as red sage, redroot sage, Chinese sage, or danshen, is a perennial plant in the genus Salvia, highly valued for its roots in traditional Chinese medicine. [2]
These compounds are all naturally occurring and can all be isolated from Salvia miltiorrhiza. [1] [2] Dihydrotanshinone I has been reported to have cytotoxicity to a variety of tumor cells. [3] Tanshinone I is anti-inflammatory, and modulates or prevents breast cancer metastasis by regulating adhesion molecules. [4]
Moxibustion has also been studied for the treatment of pain, [11] cancer, [12] stroke, [13] ulcerative colitis, [14] constipation, [15] and hypertension. [16] Systematic reviews have found that these studies are of low quality and positive findings could be due to publication bias .
Liver damage, cancer [4] Comfrey: comphrey, blackwort, common comfrey, slippery root [4] Symphytum officinale: Liver damage, [4] [5] cancer [4] Country mallow: heartleaf, silky white mallow Sida cordifolia "Heart attack, heart arrhythmia, stroke, death" [4] Dan Shen red sage, Chinese sage, tan shen Salvia miltiorrhiza
Salvianolic acids are a group of polyphenolic acids consisting on several combinations of caffeic acid and danshensu (salvianic acid) through ester and enol bonds. Salvianolic acids are water-soluble components produced by many species of the genus Salvia, mainly extracted from Salvia miltiorrhiza.
The cancer treatment drug topotecan is a synthetic chemical compound similar in chemical structure to camptothecin which is found in extracts of Camptotheca (happy tree). [7] Catharanthus roseus. Vinca alkaloids were originally manufactured by extracting them from Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar Periwinkle). [1] Podophyllum spp.
Ginger has been promoted as a cancer treatment for its supposed ability to halt tumor growth; however, according to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific evidence does not support this". [73] Ginseng – a species of perennial plant, the root of which is promoted for its therapeutic value, including a claimed ability to help fight ...
It is used medicinally in China in the same way as Salvia miltiorrhiza [1] and is often confused with it. Salvia miltiorrhiza's common name is "dan shen", while S. bowleyana's is "nan dan shen", which means "southern dan shen". [2] Salvia bowleyana grows up to 1 metre (3.3 ft) tall, with flowers that are purple to purple-blue. [3]