San Qi / Tian Qi - 三七 / 田七 - Radix Notoginseng

Properties: Sweet, slightly bitter, warm

Meridans Entered:
Primary: Stomach and Liver

Traditional Actions/Indications:

Stops bleeding without causing Blood Stasis
Internal and external bleeding including hematemesis, epistaxis, hematochezia, metrorrhagia, bloody dysentery, menorrhagia, and hematuria, dizziness, pain
Invigorates the Blood without damaging the Blood
Chest and abdominal pain and joint pain due to Blood Stasis
Sores, carbuncles and snake and animal bites, conjunctivitis
Hypertension (Pan et al., 2012)
Cancer
Reduces swelling, alleviates pain and removes extravasated Blood
Traumatic injury with swelling and pain, including falls, fractures, contusions and sprains, stab wounds, pain, dizziness and post-natal Blood retention
Relieves the symptoms of Gu Sydnrome while suppressing parasites (Fruehauf, 1998)
Chronic inflammatory disease (Fruehauf, 2015)

Suggested Daily Dosage: 3-10g in decoction. 1-1.5g as powder or pills.

Cautions: Use with cautions for pregnant women.

Interactions:

Anticoagulants: May have additive action increasing the chances of bruising and bleeding.
Should be stopped before surgery due to anticoagulant effect (University of Texas at El Paso, accessed 2021)).

Notes:

Zhang et al., 2025 have written on the paradoxical haemostatic and anticoagulant activity of P. notoginseng.

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