Product name: Saussurea involucrata extract

Source: Saussurea laniceps Hand.-Mazz, S.gnaphaloides (Royle) Sch.-Bip., S.medusa Maxim. Etc.

Original place: Sichuan, Yunnan, Tibet, Xinjiang, Gansu, Qinghai provice etc.

Introduction: Saussurea is a genus of about 300 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to cool temperate and arctic regions of Asia, Europe, and North America, with the highest diversity in alpine habitats in the Himalaya and central Asia. Common names include saw-wort and snow lotus, the latter used for a number of high altitude species in central Asia.

Traditional pharmaceutical effects:

Saussurea involucrata flowers and stems have long been used in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, cough with cold, stomachache, dysmenorrhea, and altitude sickness, and has been found to have antiinflammatory, cardiotonic, abortifacient, anticancer, and antifatigue actions. Ethanol extracts were shown to have analgesic and antiinflammatory effects at doses of 75-300 milligrams per kilogram.

As the slow-growing wild plant is endangered by collections, a substitute grown in tissue culture has been suggested, which is mostly equivalent. Generally the analgesic and antiinflammatory effects of the plant are much inferior to those of 10 milligrams of indomethacin.

Packing: 1kg/aluminum bag
25kg/drum

Shelf life: 2 years