WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

It is the dried root of Panax notoginseng (Burk.)F. H. Chen, family Araliaceae. The best medicinal material is producted in the areas of Yunan, Guangxi Provinces. Dug and collected before it blossoms in late sumer or early autumn or after the seeds are ripe in winter, dirt removed, washed clean and dried in the sun, it can be utilized in its raw form.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Sweet, slightly bitter and warm; relate to liver and stomach meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Remove blood stasis to stop bleeding; promote blood circulation and alleviate pain.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Bleeding      It is used for various kinds of internal and external bleedings, especially for bleeding with blood stasis, for it has the advantage of arresting bleeding without stasis and removing blood stasis while keeping healthy qi. For hematemesis, emptysis, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, it can be ground singly into powder to be swallowed or combined with Huaruishi, Xueyutan; for bleeding due to trauma, its powder is applied externally on local area alone or combined with Longgu and Xuejie.

2. Trauma and painful swelling with blood stasis      It is the primary medicinal for wounds, for it has the actions of promoting blood circulation to remove blood stasis, relieving swelling and alleviating pain. It could be taken orally or applied externally alone or combined with blood-activating, trauma-treating and pain-relieving medicinals.

In addition, it could aso be used in the treatment of coronary heart disease with angina pectoris and various stagnant blood syndromes of gynecology.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 3-9g. 1-3g of the powder to be taken orally. Appropriate amount for external application.

三七为五加科植物三七Panax notoginseng (Burk.) F. H. Chen的干燥根。主产于云南、广西等地。夏末秋初开花前或冬季种子成熟后采挖，去尽泥土，洗净，晒干，生用或研细粉用。