Tatarian Aster Root

Overview

Aliases

Ziwan, Xiaobian'er, Jiabancai, Lverduocai, Ruanziwan

Nature and Flavor

Warm; Bitter

What's Inside

Ingredients

The roots contain shionone, quercetin, friedelin, epifriedelinol, and volatile oil, and also contain aster saponin, which hydrolyzes to hederagenin.

Therapeutic Effects

1. Expectorant and antitussive effects: oral administration of the decoction to anesthetized rabbits has a significant expectorant effect (respiratory secretion measurement method), lasting over 4 hours; oral crude extract also markedly increases tracheal secretion in rats. 2. Antibacterial effect: in vitro tests show a certain inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Bacillus dysenteriae (Shigella sonnei), Proteus, Bacillus typhosus (Salmonella typhi), paratyphoid bacillus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Vibrio cholerae.

Precautions

No precautions information available

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ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS MEDICAL ADVICE.