Densefruit Pittany Root-bark

Overview

Aliases

Xianpi bark; northern xianpi; wild pepper root bark; foul root bark

Nature and Flavor

Cold; bitter, salty

What's Inside

Ingredients

This product contains dictamnine, dictamninolactone, sitosterol, obakunonic acid, trigonelline, fraxinellone, and choline. It also contains campesterol, skimmianine, γ-fagarine, and dictamnine-related alkaloids. The aerial parts contain psoralen and xanthotoxin.

Therapeutic Effects

The aqueous decoction of this product shows varying degrees of inhibition in vitro against a variety of pathogenic fungi. It also has anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, anticancer, and uterine smooth muscle–contracting effects.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.