Taken together, Panax ginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza can either be powdered and taken with warm water or decocted into soup.
Panax ginseng is warm in nature, good at stopping bleeding and dispersing blood stasis, relieving swelling and relieving pain (eliminating swelling and pain), suitable for all kinds of hemorrhagic disorders, swelling and pain of falling and thumping, stabbing pain in chest and abdomen, etc. Dan Shen is slightly cold in nature and can clear heat. Salvia miltiorrhiza, which is slightly cold in nature and can clear heat, is good at removing blood stasis and activating blood circulation, relieving pain and promoting menstruation, cooling blood and eliminating carbuncles (eliminating carbuncles and swellings by cooling the blood), and is suitable for all kinds of blood stasis conditions.
There are many ways to take the two medicines together, for example, they can be separately powdered, dispensed according to the condition and served with warm boiled water. In addition, according to the actual situation of the body, a certain proportion of Panax notoginseng and Salvia divinorum can be taken in decoction. Taken together, these two medicines can enhance the efficacy of promoting menstruation and relieving pain, activating blood circulation and dispersing blood stasis, which is effective for stasis and blood stasis diseases.
Pregnant women should not take Panax ginseng. Women with excessive menstruation and without blood stasis are forbidden to take danshen; pregnant women should take danshen with caution; danshen should not be used with quatrefoil.
If you want to take Panax ginseng and Salvia miltiorrhiza together, you must be instructed by a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.