Shi Jian Chuan石见穿

Herba Salviae ChinensisRed Sage Herb

Usual doses

Invigorates, cools and nourishes the Blood and calms the *Shen*: Metrorrhagia, postmenstrual abdominal pain, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, arthralgia due to Wind-Damp and various forms of cancer
Relieves Heat, detoxifies, promotes diuresis, dissipates nodulation and reduces swelling: Pain in the bones, abscesses and carbuncles, scrofula, swelling, hepatitis, dysphagia, asthma due to excessive phlegm and leukorrhea with reddish discharge.

Studies show this herb inhibits cancer cell growth.
It is used for cancers of the Liver, Stomach, Colon, Lung, esophagus and nasopharynx.
It is also said to help with "incurable" dysphagia and regurgitation.
According to one source, its main uses are bone pain, leprosy and carbuncles.
It is reputed to cure scrofula.
It further treats hepatitis and early-stage cirrhosis.