Chinese Herbs – Xiang Ru (Herba Elsholtziae seu Moslae)

Xiang Ru is also known as Nutgrass Galingale Rhizome. The acrid and slightly warm herb has been used in TCM to treat chill and fever, headache with no sweat, stomach ache, vomiting and diarrhea, edema, etc., as it drains the Liver, regulates the Qi and menstruation, calm pain, etc. by enhancing the functions of lung and stomach channels.

Ingredients
1. Acacetin-7-O-β-D- glucoside
2. β-sitosterol
3.  β-sitosterol-3-O-β-D-glucoside
4. Triterpenoids
5. Ursolic acid
6. Tormentic acid
7. α-hydroxyursolic acid
8. 5-hydroxy-6,7-dime- thoxyflavone
9. -dihydroxy-4-me-thoxyflavone
10. 5-hydroxy-7,4- di-methoxyflavanonol
11. Etc.

Health Benefits
1. Anti bacterial effects
Mosla chinensis Maxim. and Pogostemon cablin Benth., and five terpenoids, hinokitiol, thymol, carvacrol, patchoulialcohol and pogostone, showed antibacterial activity. The terpenoids were especially effective against Bacteroides species, according to the study of the Tokyo Dental College(1).
2. Etc.

Side Effects
1. Do not use the herb in case of Yin deficiency with heat
2. Do not use the herb in case of  physical weakness with sweat
3. Etc.

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Sources
(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2133438