地骨皮
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- Chinese Wolfberry Root-bark
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- Lycii Cortex
| Medicinal Group | Deficiency heat-clearing medicinal |
|---|---|
| Source | Dried root bark of Lycium chinense Mill. or Lycium barbarum L. (Fam. Solanaceae) |
| Nature and Flavors | sweet; cold |
| Meridian Affinity | Liver, Lung, Kidney |
| Actions | To cool the blood, relieve consumptive fever, and remove heat from the lung |
Family
Solanaceae
Part used
Bark
Indications
Afternoon fever and night sweating in consumptive disease, steaming bone; cough, hemoptysis and epistaxis due to heat in the lung; wasting-thirst caused by internal heat
Research Findings
- Lycii RadicisCortex (LRC) extract prevened the OVX-induced bone mass density loss in mice via promoting the differentiation of osteoblast linage cells. (1)
- Diabetic rats treated with ethanol extracts of Cortec Lycii Radicis had better improvement in insulin resistancw (2)
Cautions
Contraindicated in febrile illnesses due to exogenous wind–cold, and in loose feces due to spleen insufficiency
Report on adverse effect
No Data.
Reference
Reference
- Park E, Jin H, Cho D, Kim J, Kim M, Choi C, Jin Y, Lee J, Park J, Chung Y, Huh D, Jeong S. (2014) The effect of Lycii Radicis Cortex extract on bone formation in vitro and in vivo. Molecules 19(12):119594-609
- Ye Z, Huang Q, Ni H, Wang D. (2008) Cortex Lycii Radicis extracts improve insulin resistanece and lipid metabolism in obese-diabetic rats. Phytother Res. 22(12):1665-70
