Common Lopatherum Herb

Overview

Aliases

Mountain pheasant rice; bamboo maidong; long bamboo leaf

Nature and Flavor

Cold; sweet, bland

What's Inside

Ingredients

This product contains triterpenoid compounds, the main constituents being arundoin, cylindrin, taraxerol, and friedelin, among others.

Therapeutic Effects

1. Antipyretic effect: Oral administration of 1–20 g/kg of Lophatherum gracile to artificially febrile rats produces an antipyretic effect. Its active constituents are water-soluble but poorly soluble in alcohol. 2. Diuretic effect: Its diuretic effect is weaker than that of Polyporus and Akebia stem, but it promotes urinary chloride excretion more strongly than Polyporus and related herbs.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.