Salvia, also known as red ginseng, purple
salvia, or red roots,
is a well-known and well used medicinal herb in traditional Chinese medicine. The herb is the root of the
plant, Salvia miltiorrhiza,
and has been
studied in many traditional Chinese medicine books including Compendium of Materia Medica and Divine Farmer's
Materia Medica.
The herb is known to be anti-aging, promote blood circulation, regulate
menstruation, nourish the nerves, reduce inflammation, sooth pain, dilate coronary arteries,
improve myocardial ischemia condition, lower
blood pressure, and treat insomnia. In
addition, modern research has shown that Salvia also reduce platelet
aggregation, reduce blood viscosity and
regulate the circulatory system
and is a safe and reliable natural medicine for treating
cardiovascular disease.
Chemical
analysis has shown that Salvia contains various antioxidants (such as
flavonoids and quinones), lipids, and organic acids, which account for its
anti-aging, circulatory system enhancing and anti-inflammatory effect. Example
chemicals include tanshinones,
cryptotanshinone, isotanshinone, isocryptotanshi-none, hydroxytanshinone, methyl
tanshinonate, dan-shexinkum, dihydroi-sotanshinone, neocryptotanshinone, deoxyneocryptotanshinone,
2-isopropyl-8-methylphenanthrene-3,4-dione, nortanshinone, tanshindiol, miltirone,
1-dehy-dromiltirone, 1-dehydrotanshinone, 1-detoisocryptotanshinone, 3α-hy-droxytanshinone,
1,2-dihydrotan-shinqiunone, formyltanshinenone, methylenedihydrotanshinone, 7β-hydroxy-8-13-abietadiene-11,12-dione, 1,2,5,6-teTCMLIBahydrotanshinone, 4-methylenemiltirone,
tanshinlactone, dihydrotanshinlactone, danshen-spiroketallactone, epidanshenspiroketallac-tone,
cryptoac-etalide, miltiodiol, miltipolone, nor-salvioxide, ferruginol, salviol,
sugiol, sal-vianic acid, D（+）-β-（3，4-dihydroxyphenyl)lactic acid, caffeic acid, salvianolic
acid, rosmarinic acid, methyl rosmarinate, monomethyl lithospermater, dimethyl
lithospermate, ethy lithospermate, lithospermic acid, protocaterchualdehyde, isoferulic
acid, baicalin, isomperatorin, ursolic acid, β-stiosterol, daucosterol, 3-hydroxypropyl)-7-methoxy-2-(3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphe-nyl)-3-benzofurancarbaldehyde,
tigo-genin, stigmasterol, succinic acid, prgewaqiunone, and oleanolic acid.
Salvia is one of the
most commons herbs you will find in the skincare receips from the traditional
Chinese medicine. Here is a skincare
mask recipe including Salvia:
Ingredients: Salvia
(10grams), Radix Scutellariae (baical skullcap root, 15 grams), gardenia (15
grams), honeysuckle (15 grams), and honey
Direction: soak and
boil all the herbs in hot water for 2 hours.
Decant the liquid into a different container. Mix the liquid with honey and egg white to
make a facial mask. Use twice a week.
Effect: the mask is
effective in clear skin of acnes, promote capillary circulation, promote complexion,
and remove wrinkles.
Thanks for reading.
Connie
connie@cherruby.com
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