Chinese Paris Rhizome

Overview

Aliases

Huazhong; seven-leaf lotus; iron lampstand; herbaceous river chariot

Nature and Flavor

Slightly cold; bitter; slightly toxic

What's Inside

Ingredients

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

Therapeutic Effects

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.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.