Witnessed by: TCM · Western
Notoginseng (Panax notoginseng), of the Araliaceae family. Shade-loving perennial herb with palmate leaves; native range: Mountains of Yunnan and Guangxi in southwest China. Globally recognized as san qi (三七) / tian qi (田七) in Chinese, and notoginseng, pseudoginseng, tienchi ginseng in English. The part used is root. A hard, heavy, dark grey-brown root, smooth and waxy, breaking to a greenish core; taste sweet at first then bitter, with a lingering numbing sweetness.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
NOTOGINSENG
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- Notoginseng
- Scientific name
- Panax notoginseng (Burkill) F.H.Chen
- Family
- Araliaceae
Form
- Part used
- root
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- TCM
- sweet · bitter
- Western
- sweet, then bitter
Temperature
TCM: warm
Western: warm
convergence: both {witness_count} witnesses read the root as gently warming
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- TCM
- Liver · Stomach
- Western
- blood · circulation · heart · liver
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- TCM
- stops bleeding and transforms blood stasis, reduces swelling and relieves pain; steamed, it tonifies and nourishes the blood
- Western
- haemostatic, circulatory and cardiotonic, anti-inflammatory, and analgesic to bruising and trauma
Cautions
Contraindications: pregnancy; caution in those with bleeding tendency on blood-thinning drugs
Toxicity: well tolerated; occasional dry mouth or mild rash
Interactions
- Western
- anticoagulants: notoginsenosides inhibit platelet aggregation, adding to bleeding risk
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