Sunday, 3 November 2013

Chinese Herbs – Qian Hu (Radix Peucedani)

Qian Hu is also known as Hogfennel Root. The bitter, acrid and slightly cold herb has been used in TCM to treat influenza causes of asthma, thick phlegm, wind heat type of cough with abundance of phlegm, etc., as it subdues Qi, eliminates Phlegm, disperses Wind-Heat, by enhancing the function of lung channels.

Ingredients
1. Nodakenin
2. Decursin
3. Decursidin
4. marmesin
5. 3’-isovaleroyl-0-angeloyl-3’
6. 4’-dihydroxanthyletin
7. Umbelliferone
8. Etc.

Health Benefits
1,.Children pneumonia 
In the study of [Quantitative Chinese pharmaceutical study on children pneumonia treated by Pu fu-zhou], Dr. Dong GY. at the Third Hospital of Shanghai Textile Industry Bureau, showed that Pu Fuzhou treated the children pneumonia cases by using Pinelliae Tuber, Exocarpium Citri Rubrum, Jujube and Radix Glycyrrhizae. But the rate of using Herba Lophatherum was less in pneumonia group than in non-pneumonia (contrast) group. According to the rate of overdose prescriptions, 11 Chinese herbal medicines used frequently in pneumonia group were classified into 4 sections. Only overdosage rate of section B (Radix Glycyrrhizae and Peucedanum Decursivum Maxim) was correlated with various kinds of diseases(1).
2. Anaphylactic mediator release
In the assess to investigate the effects of coumarins isolated from Qian Hu on anaphylactic mediator release from rat mast cells, showed that the inhibitions of mediator release of mast cells by some of coumarins from “Qian-Hu” seem to depend on their effects in blocking calcium influx(2).
3. Etc.

Side Effects
1. Do not use the herb in case of Qi deficiency and anemic condition
2. Do not use the herb in newborn, children or if you are pregnant or breast feeding without first consulting with the related field specialist.
3. Etc.


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(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2268933
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2411906

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