The effects of Salvia miltiorrhiza (the Chinese medicine does not have the flavor of Salvia miltiorrhiza, it may be talking about Salvia miltiorrhiza) plus Astragalus are to invigorate blood circulation and regulate menstruation (regulating menstruation by invigorating blood circulation), dispel blood stasis and alleviate pain (removing stasis of blood in order to alleviate pain), invigorate the spleen and tonify the middle, and elevate yang and lift up the sunken organs (elevating and lifting yang qi of the body in order to lift up the sunken organs). Salvia miltiorrhiza, with the effects of activating blood circulation and regulating menstruation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncles (eliminating carbuncles and swellings by cooling the blood), and removing vexation and tranquillizing the mind (relieving vexation and stabilizing the mind). It is used for treating irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain with stasis, heart pain with blood stasis, pain in the epigastrium (abdomen), and accumulation in the mass of the abdomen (tangible or intangible lumps appearing in the abdomen with a feeling of distension and pain). Salvia miltiorrhiza should not be used with quatrefoil. Women with excessive menstruation and without blood stasis are forbidden to take Salvia miltiorrhiza; pregnant women should take Salvia miltiorrhiza with caution. Astragalus, with the effects of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the middle, elevating the Yang and lifting the trap, benefiting the guards and consolidating the surface, diuretic, and toxin-supporting and muscle-generating (discharging poisonous evils, promoting muscle growth and wound healing). It is used for treating spontaneous sweating (involuntary sweating during the day, aggravated by the slightest movement), deficiency of qi and blood, sores and ulcers that are difficult to ulcerate and putrefy, or ulcers that are difficult to heal for a long period of time, and so on. If you need to use Danshen and Astragalus, it is recommended that you choose them after identification by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and not to purchase them blindly.