Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Medicine for Promoting Blood Circulation and Relieving Blood Stasis- San Leng
                                      
                                               San Leng
                                                       
                                                
                                           Burreed Tuber
                                         Rhizoma Sparganh

It is the stem tuber of the plant sparganium stoloniferum Buch-Ham. of the family Sparganiaceae, which is produced in
Jiang Su, He Nan, Shan Dong, Jiang Xi, An Hui Provinces and other regions of China. It is collected in winter and
spring. After the removal of buds and fibrous rootlets, the stem tuber is washed clean, its external skin peeled, and is
dried in the sun. It is used unprepared or stir-baked with vinegar and bran. It is also called Jing San leng..
Properties: It is bitter in flavour and neutral in nature, acting on the liver and spleen channels. Owing to the property of
bitterness and neutrality, it has relatively strong effects of dispersion and purgation, acting on both blood and Qi systems,
it has effects of relieving blood and qi stasis, and mass in the abdomen, promoting circulation of Qi, removing food
stagnancy, and relieving pain. It is used to treat amenorrhea, abdominal pain caused by stasis of blood and Qi, mass in
the abdomen, abdominal distention due to dyspepsia, and other syndromes.
Effects: Relieving blood stasis and promoting circulation of Qi, and removing stagnation of Qi to stop pain.
Indications:
1. For treatment of amenorrhea, abdominal mass in women, it is usually used in combination with E Zhu (Rhizoma
Zedoariaae), Niu Xi (Radix Achyranthis Bidentatae), Di Long (Lumbricus), and other herbs to remove blood stasis and
resolve abdominal mass, such as San Leng Wan, written in "Nu Ke Zhun Sheng (Standards of women's Diseases)"; For
treatment of blood and Qi stasis in the liver channel, distention and stabbing pain in coastal regions, it can be used
together with Chai Hu (Radix Bupleuri), Xiang Fu (Rhizome Cyperi), Dan Shen (Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae), Dang Gui
(Radix Angelicae Sinensis), Yu Jin (Radix Curcumae), and other herbs having the effect of removing Qi and blood stasis
to relieve pain.
2. For treatment of indigestion, stagnation of Qi, distention and pain stomach and abdomen, it can be used together with
Semen Paphani, Radix Aue landiae, Semen Arecae, and other herbs with the function of promoting digestion and
removing stagnation of Qi.
Dosage and Administration: 3~10 g .
Precautions: Contraindicated in pregnancy.
Modern Researches: It possesses the effects of dilating blood vessels, inhibiting platelet aggregation and thrombosis,
etc. In addition it promotes absorption. The San Leng E Zhu Injection, together with internal administration of Chinese
herbs has certain short-term effect on primary hepatic carcinoma.