About This Site
This site celebrates Panax Notoginseng: circulation, recovery from bruises, and the reasons people in Wenshan have kept sanqi for centuries.
Every guide leads with what notoginseng does well. Circulation, the heart, cholesterol, and recovery from bruises each get their own page, and each page names the study behind it.
A limit, when one belongs at all, is a short clause. The sentence still ends on the strength. Farmers in Wenshan have raised this root for centuries, and that long use is part of the story.
Notoginseng grows in the mountains of Wenshan in Yunnan, in southwest China, where farmers have raised it under shade for centuries. The Chinese names are sanqi and tianqi, "three seven," after the leaves and the years to harvest. The botanical name is Panax notoginseng. It is a different species from Korean and American ginseng, with its own saponins and its own studies.
The root is the herb behind Yunnan Baiyao and behind the saponin capsules and injections used in Chinese hospitals for stroke and heart disease. Raw root is taken for circulation, bruises and bleeding; steamed root is taken as a tonic. People look it up for circulation, for the raw versus steamed question, for how much powder to take, and for whether the studies match the claims.
How the Guides Are Made
Every guide starts from the studies. We pull the trials and reviews on Panax notoginseng from PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov and write the guide so the benefit comes first. Drafting is assisted by software that reads the studies and proposes a text. A person edits every draft, checks each citation, and publishes in the voice of this site.
The last line of a guide is a reason to take the root. When a reader sends a question, it becomes a page in that same voice. Corrections land in place, and the updated date on the guide changes.
We do not sell notoginseng, run affiliate links, or take payment for placement. The email list is the only ask. Photographs are openly licensed and credited on the credits page.
Who Writes the Guides
Each guide names the studies it uses. This page does not add a claim beyond that record and the long public history of the root.
This is not medical advice. Use it as you will. If you want medical advice, speak with your doctor, especially if you take other medication.