Friday 1 November 2013

Chinese Herbs – Wu Jia Pi (Cortex Acanthopanacis Gracilistyli Radicis)

Wu Jia Pi is also known as acanthopanax root bark. The bitter, spicy and warm herb has been used in TCM to treat rheumatism, weakness in joints and muscles,  urination difficulty, edema, etc., as it dispels cold, relieves dampness pain, reduces swelling, etc. by enhancing the functions of kidney and liver channels.

Ingredients
1. Syringin
2. (-)ent-kaur-16-en-19-oic acid,
3. 16 aplpha hydroxy-I-kauran-19-oic acid,
4. Stearic acid
5. D-sesamin
6. Calcium oxalate
7. Palmic acid
8. Etc.

Health Benefits
1. Fulminant hepatitis
In the study to evaluate Triterpenoid Acankoreanogenin A (AA) which is extracted from the leaves of the Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W. Smith (AGS) has shown its inhibiting effect on TNF-α, IL-1β and HMGB1 release in vitro, showed that the post-treatment of AA could significantly attenuate the release of HMGB1, but not the TNF-α and IL-1β.  AA inhibits the systemic release of pro-inflammatory cytokine HMGB1, and dose-dependently rescue the mice from lethal GalN/LPS-induced fulminant hepatitis, which suggests this component as a candidate therapy for fulminant hepatitis(1).
2. Etc,

Side Effects
1. Do not use the herb in casr of Yin deficiency with excessive heat.
2. Do not use the herb in newborn, children or if you are pregnant or breast feeding without first consulting with the related field specialist.
3. Etc.


Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21356341

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