丹参又名赤参,紫丹参,红根等。为双子叶植物唇形科,干燥根及根茎。主产于安徽、河南、陕西等地。功效:活血调经,祛瘀止痛,凉血消痈,清心除烦,养血安神。
丹参始载于《神农本草经》,列为上品。以后历代本草均有收载,《吴普本草》载:“茎华小,方如茬(即白苏),有毛,根赤,四月华紫,三月五月采根,阴干。”《本草图经》称:“二月生苗,高一尺许,茎干方棱,青色。叶生相对,如薄荷而有毛,三月开花,红紫色,似苏花。根赤,大如指,长亦尺余,一苗数根。”《本草纲目》曰:“处处山中有之,一枝五叶,叶如野苏而尖,青色,皱皮。小花成穗如蛾形,中有细子,其根皮丹而肉紫。”综合诸家本草所述,主要形态特征均与现在所用唇形科丹参完全相同。
丹参有促进创伤愈合的作用.对人工骨折的家兔,能减轻局部淤血, 改善局部循环,促进骨折愈合.其促进骨折愈合的作用, 与其提高血清锌含量、加强骨折断端邻近骨组织中锌的动员以及通过提高骨痂中锌含量、锌/铜比值来加速骨痂组织生长和钙化过程有关.丹参可改善诱导性肾功能衰竭大鼠的尿毒症症状.能明显降低尿素氮、肌酐、甲基胍、胍基丁二酸的血清浓度,既改善高磷酸血症, 又改变了血中游离氨基酸的晶型,能促进肾功能恢复.
丹参是一味常用中药,别名红根、紫丹参、血参根等,这是因其药用的根部呈紫红色之故。此外,民间还有将其称作“丹心”的,这与流传的一个感人故事有关。
Lingbao Salvia Miltiorrhiza
Lingbao Salvia Miltiorrhiza is also called Red Ginseng, Red Roots or Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae for its roots is in purplish-red color. It belongs to dicotyledon and Labiatae which is mainly produced in Anhui, Henan, Shanxi Province. Its medical material is dried roots and rhizomes with medical functions of activating and cooling blood, regulating menstruation, relieving stagnate and carbuncle, quitting pain, relieving restlessness and nourishing the blood and tranquilization. Lingbao Salvia Miltiorrhiza was earliest listed in Shen Nong's Herbal Classic as a superior medicine and later it was recorded by all kinds of herbal works.