Rheum officinale
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Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb,[1] is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China.[2]
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Medicinal uses
Rheum officinale is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), and is also a component in the North American herbal remedy called Essiac tea.
In modern medicine, R. officinale has been studied for the treatment of hepatitis B. However, a meta-analysis of published clinical trials concluded that the quality of existing studies was "poor", but further study of R. officinale in combination with interferon is "justified".[3]
See also
- Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs
Notes
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- Plants For A Future database report
- Calorimetric investigation of the effect of hydroxyanthraquinones in Rheum officinale Baill on Staphylococcus aureus growth
- ScienceDirect - The Lancet : Herb-drug interactions[dead link]
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