Rheum officinale
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| Rheum officinale | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Polygonaceae |
| Genus: | Rheum |
| Species: | R. officinale |
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| Rheum officinale L. |
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Rheum officinale, the Chinese rhubarb[1] or Tibetan rhubarb,[2] is a rhubarb from the family Polygonaceae native to China.[3]
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Medicinal uses[edit]
Rheum officinale is used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is called yào yòng dà huáng (Chinese: 药用大黄), and is also a component in the North American herbal remedy called Essiac tea.
In modern medicine, R. officinale has been studied for the treatment of hepatitis B. However, a meta-analysis of published clinical trials concluded that the quality of existing studies was "poor", but further study of R. officinale in combination with interferon is "justified".[4]
See also[edit]
- Chinese herbology 50 fundamental herbs
Notes[edit]
- ^ "Rheum officinale". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ "Rheum officinale Baillon, Adansonia. 10: 246. 1871", Flora of China online, 5, 2004, retrieved 7 July 2015
- ^ McCulloch, M; Broffman, M; Gao, J; Colford Jr, JM (2002). "Chinese Herbal Medicine and Interferon in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis B: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized, Controlled Trials". American Journal of Public Health. 92 (10): 1619–28. doi:10.2105/AJPH.92.10.1619. PMC 1447297
. PMID 12356611.
References[edit]
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- Plants For A Future database report
- Calorimetric investigation of the effect of hydroxyanthraquinones in Rheum officinale Baill on Staphylococcus aureus growth
- ScienceDirect - The Lancet : Herb-drug interactions[dead link]
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