
Reed Rhizome
芦根
Heat-Clearing Herbs

Cork tree; cork bark; phellodendron bark
Cold; bitter
It contains alkaloids such as berberine, jatrorrhizine, magnoflorine, phellodendrine, N-methylhordenine, palmatine, and menisperine; it also contains obakunone, obaculactone, dictamnolactone, obakunonic acid, lumicaeruleic acid, 7-dehydrostigmasterol, β-sitosterol, and campesterol. The root bark contains berberine, jatrorrhizine, phellodendrine, and N-methylhordenine.
1. Anti-pathogenic microorganism effect: The aqueous decoction or alcohol extract of Phellodendron bark shows varying degrees of inhibition in vitro against Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, Staphylococcus citreus, hemolytic streptococci, pneumococci, Bacillus anthracis, diphtheria bacilli, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, typhoid and paratyphoid bacilli, meningococci, and Vibrio cholerae. 2. Antipyretic and anti-inflammatory effects: It has a certain fever-reducing effect.
No precautions information available
NOTE: THE INFORMATION PROVIDE IS FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES
ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.