Chinese Paris Rhizome

It contains various steroidal saponins, including Paris saponin I, Paris saponin II, pennogenin saponins, dioscin, and gracillin.

1. Antimicrobial effect: The decoction of this product has strong inhibitory activity against influenza A virus of the Asian strain, and also inhibits dysentery bacilli, paratyphoid bacilli, Salmonella spp., paracolon bacilli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic streptococci, and meningococci. 2. Sedative effect: Paris saponin can reduce spontaneous activity in mice, has a marked synergistic effect with sodium pentobarbital, and also has analgesic activity.

Contraindicated in patients with constitutional weakness, in the absence of excess fire or heat toxin, in yin-type external sores, and during pregnancy.