Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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AMUR CORKTREE (Phellodendron amurense Rupr.) ++

Activities (Amur Corktree) — Alterative (f; DAA); Analgesic (f; LMP); Antibacterial (1; LAF);
Antidote, daylily (f; FAY); Antioxidant (1; LAF); Antihelicobacter (1; X9781854); Antiinflamma-
tory (1; AKT); Antiseptic (1; AKT; LAF); Antiulcer (1; X9781854); Antiviral (1; AKT); Aphrodisiac
(f; DAA); Bitter (1; AKT); Candidicide (1; AKT; X2079677); Cardiodepressant (1; DAA); Choler-
etic (1; DAA); Diuretic (1; DAA); Expectorant (f; DAA; LMP); Fungicide (1; LAF); Hypocholes-
terolemic (1; LAF); Hypoglycemic (1; DAA; LAF); Hypotensive (1; LAF); Immunosuppressant
(1; AKT); Insecticide (f; HHB); Myorelaxant (1; DAA); Stomachic (f; LMP); Tonic (f; DAA);
Trypanoside (1; X9121161); Uterotonic (1; DAA); Vasoconstrictor (1; DAA); Antihelicobacter (1;
X9781854); Antiulcer (1; X9781854).


Indications (Amur Corktree) — Acne (f; LAF); Alzheimer’s (1; COX; FNF); Arthrosis (1; AKT;
COX); Bacteria (1; AKT; LAF); Bleeding (f; DAA); Boil (f; DAA); Bruise (f; LMP); Cancer (1;
COX; FNF); Cancer, colon (1; COX; FNF); Candida (1; AKT; X2079677); Canker (f; DAA); Cataract
(f; AKT); Cholecystosis (f; LMP); Cholera (1; AKT); Cold (f; FAY); Conjunctivosis (1; AKT; LMP);
Cystosis (f; DAA; LMP); Dermatosis (f; DAA; LAF); Diabetes (f; DAA); Diarrhea (f; AKT); Diph-
theria (1; AKT); Dysentery (1; AKT; DAA; LAF; LMP); Dysmenorrhea (f; DAA); Dysuria (f; LAF);
Eczema (f; DAA; LAF); Enterosis (f; DAA; LAF); Epistaxis (f; DAA); Favus (f; DAA); Fever (1;
AKT; DAA; LMP); Fungus (1; LAF); Gastrosis (f; LMP); Gonorrhea (f; DAA); Helicobacter (1;
X9781854); Hemorrhoid (f; AKT; DAA); Hepatosis (f; LAF); High Blood Pressure (1; LAF); High
Cholesterol (1; LAF); Hot Flash (f; AKT); Hyperglycemia (1; DAA; LAF); Impotence (f; DAA);
Infection (1; AKT; LAF); Inflammation (1; AKT); Itch (f; LAF); Jaundice (f; DAA; LAF); Leukorrhea
(f; LAF); Liver spot (f; LAF); Melena (f; DAA); Meningosis (1; AKT); Menopause (f; AKT); Mycosis
(1; LAF); Nephrosis (f; LMP); Night Sweats (f; LAF); Osteosis (f; LMP); Pain (f; AKT: LMP);
Paralysis (f; DAA); Pemphigo (f; DAA); Pneumonia (1; AKT); Rheumatism (f; DAA); Senility (f;
DAA); Sore (f; LAF); Spermatorrhea (f; LAF); Staphylococcus (1; AKT); Stomatosis (f; DAA);
Swelling (f; AKT); Tinnitus (f; DAA); Trachoma (1; AKT); Trichomoniasis (f; DAA); Typhoid (f;
AKT; LMP); Typhus (f; LMP); Ulcer (1; AKT; X9781854); Urethrosis (f; DAA); Vaginosis (f; AKT;
DAA); Virus (1; AKT); Water Retention (1; DAA); Wound (f; LAF); Yeast (1; AKT; X2079677).


Dosages (Amur Corktree) — 3–10 g powdered bark/day (AKT); 1–3 g bark/day (HHB); 1–3 g
4:1 dry decoction (AKT).


Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Amur Corktree) — Class 2b (AHP). Not
covered (BGB, PH2). One case of rash associated with ingestion (AHP). Good and bad effects of
berberine may accrue to this species. Contains up to 25,000 ppm berberine, P. chinese, up to 80,000.


ANEMARRHENA (Anemarrhena asphodelioides Bunge) ++

Activities (Anemarrhena) — Antiaggregant (1; PH2); Antiinflammatory (1; DAA); Antipyretic
(1; DAA; PH2); Bitter (1; LMP); Depurative (f; LMP); Diuretic (f; LMP); Expectorant (f; DAA);
Hypoglycemic (1; DAA); Laxative (f; DAA); Peristaltic (1; LMP).


Indications (Anemarrhena) — Agitation (f; PH2); Bronchosis (f; DAA); Cancer (1; DAA);
Childbirth (f; LMP); Cough (f; PH2); Dehydration (f; PH2); Diabetes (1; DAA; PH2); Dysentery
(f; LMP); Dysuria (f; DAA; LMP); Fever (1; DAA; PH2); Flu (f; DAA); Hyperemesis (f; LMP);
Hyperglycemia (1; DAA); Inflammation (1; DAA; PH2); Lumbago (f; DAA); Morning Sickness
(f; LMP); Osteosis (f; PH2); Pain (f; PH2); Pneumonia (f; DAA); Scarlet Fever (f; PH2); Sperma-
torrhea (f; PH2); Strangury (f; PH2); Thirst (f; DAA); Tinnitus (f; DAA); Tuberculosis (f; PH2);
Typhoid (f; DAA); Typhus (f; PH2); Vertigo (f; DAA); Water Retention (f; LMP).


Dosages (Anemarrhena) — 6–12 g in tea (PH2).

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