Ju County Salvia Miltiorrhiza

Ju County Salvia Miltiorrhiza

Ju County Salvia Miltiorrhiza is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Ju County Salvia Miltiorrhiza is a geographical indication agricultural product.

　　Ju County in Shandong Province is one of the main production areas of Salvia miltiorrhiza. Also known as red sage, purple salvia, or red root, it is a dried root and rhizome of a dicotyledonous plant from the Lamiaceae family. Its efficacy includes promoting blood circulation to regulate menstruation, removing blood stasis to relieve pain, cooling blood to reduce abscesses, clearing the heart to relieve restlessness, and nourishing blood to calm the nerves.

　　It is a perennial herb with thick roots that are red on the outside. The stem grows 40–80 cm tall and is covered with long soft hairs. The leaves are usually odd-pinnate compound leaves; there are 1–3 pairs of leaflets, which are ovate or oval-ovate, and hairy on both sides. The verticillaster inflorescence consists of 6 or more flowers, forming a terminal or axillary false raceme, densely covered with glandular or long soft hairs; the bracts are lanceolate, the calyx is purple with 11 veins, about 11 mm long, covered with glandular hairs, and bilabiate — the upper lip is broadly triangular with three small fused tips at the apex, while the lower lip has two triangular or nearly semicircular teeth; the corolla is blue-purple, 2–2.7 cm long, with a hairy ring inside the tube, the upper lip is sickle-shaped, the lower lip is shorter than the upper lip and has three lobes, with the middle lobe being the largest; the stamens are attached at the base of the lower lip. The nutlets are black and oval. The flowering period is from April to June, and the fruiting period is from July to August.

　　Ju County Salvia Miltiorrhiza

　　Herbal Medicine

　　Shandong

　　Ju County Kushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association

　　The product comes from 15 towns (sub-districts) under the jurisdiction of Ju County, including Kushan Township, Dongguan Town, Qishan Town, Sangyuan Town, Luhe Town, Qiaoshan Town, Xiazhuang Town, Zhailihe Town, Liujiaguanzhuang Town, Longshan Town, Changling Town, Lingyang Town, Zhaoxian Town, Chengyang Sub-district, and Dianzijicheng Town. The geographical coordinates are between 118°35′–119°06′ east longitude and 35°19′–36°02′ north latitude.