Barbed Skullcap Herb

Overview

Aliases

Well-head herb; toothbrush herb; small-leaf Hanxin herb; narrow-leaf Hanxin herb

Nature and Flavor

Cold; acrid, slightly bitter

What's Inside

Ingredients

This product contains flavonoids, the principal constituents being carthamidin, isocarthamidin, scutellarein, scutellarin, and related compounds. It also contains alkaloids, polysaccharides, β-sitosterol, stearic acid, and other constituents.

Therapeutic Effects

In screening tests using the methylene blue tube method, it showed very slight inhibition of blood cells from acute granulocytic leukemia; in screening tests using the cell respirometer method, the inhibitory rate against leukemic blood cells was greater than 75%. Crystals obtained from the infusion after ethanol extraction had a diuretic effect in animals. The decoction inhibited Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella flexneri, typhoid bacilli, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.