Bupleurm (Thorowax) is a medicinal root found natively in East Asia. The Chinese name is chaihu (柴胡). The leaves of the plant are long and thin and resemble fennel.

Traditionally used to relieve infections with fever, hemorrhoids and indigestion.

Bupleurum is a primary ingredient in a medicinal grab bag recipe known in Chinese as xiaochaihutang . The ingredients are:

• Bupleurum 16%
• Paenia Lactiflora (peony root) 16%
• Pinellia temata (a rhizome) 14%
• Cinnamomum cassia (fool's cinnamon) 11%
• Zingiber officinale (ginger rhizome) 11%
• Zizyphus jujuba (jujube fruit) 11%
• Panax ginseng (asian ginseng root) 8%
• Scutellaria baicalensis (chinese skullcap root) 8%
• Glycyrrhiza uralensis (licorice) 5%

It is possible that Bupleurum, or xiaochaihutang may reduce the symptoms of various types of hepatitis and HIV.

References

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