Chinese wolfberry Root Bark(DI GU PI) Extract

Latin Name: Lycium barbarum L.

Synonyms: DI GU PI, Bark of Lycium, root of Lycium

Part of Used: Root and bark

Specifications: 5:1,10:1,20;1

Appearance: Brown fine powder

Application: Medicine, food additive, dietary supplement,sports nutrition

What is Chinese wolfberry Root Bark(DI GU PI) Extract?

The root bark of Lycium chinense Mill or Ningxia L. barbarum L. of family Arbustum. Light smell, slightly sweet with bitter after-taste.In Chinese medicine has been used for thousands of years.

Chemical constituents of Chinese wolfberry Root Bark(DI GU PI) Extract

Usually includes Cinnamic acid, phenolics and Betaine. Separation can be obtained such as Kukoamine A, Lyciumin A, Lyciumin B, β-Sitosterol, Linoleic acid, Linoleic acid etc.

Benefits of taking Chinese wolfberry Root Bark(DI GU PI) Extractsupplements:

Traditional Chinese Medicine

A. Bone-steaming tidal fever, toothache and diabetes due to yin-deficiency

It is effective in clearing deficiency heat in liver and kidney, relieving bone-steaming with sweat, so it is the good herb for reducing deficiency heat and relieving tidal fever. It is often combined with yin-nourishing herbs to take effects of treating both fundamental and incidental aspects, such as Zhi Mu and Bie Jia in Di Gu Pi Tang from Sheng Ji Zong Lu. For syndrome of yin deficiency and internal heat, body fluid consumption manifested as diabetes, polydipsia, irritable feverish sensation and dry mouth, it is combined with heat-clearing and yin-nourishing herbs which excel at promoting body fluid and relieving thirst, for example, Mai Dong, Tian Hua Fen, Lu Gen and so on in Di Gu Pi Tang recorded in Sheng Ji Zong Lu. For toothache due to up-flaming of deficiency fire, it can be used singly to rinse the mouth, or fill the pulp cavity or combined with yin-nourishing and stomach-heat-clearing herbs for oral administration.

B. Cough due to lung heat

It excels at clearing lung heat, reducing the latent fire in lung, and commonly indicated for treating failure of lung in purification, failure of adverse qi to descend caused by lung fire accumulation and stagnation manifested as cough or asthma. It is often combined with lung-heat-clearing and cough-stopping herbs, such as Sang Bai Pi and Gan Cao in Xie Bai San from Xiao Er Yao Zheng Zhi Jue. For cough and asthma with profuse phlegm due to lung heat, it is also combined with heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving herbs. For example, Gua Lou Ren, Jie Geng and so on in Jia Wei Xie Bai San recorded in Zheng Yin Mai Zhi.

C. Bleeding due to blood heat

With actions of heat-clearing and blood-cooling for stopping bleeding, it is commonly indicated for hematemesis, apostaxis and hemoptysis due to blood heat. For blood stranguria, it can be decocted with alcohol such as Di Gu Pi in the book Jing Yan Guang Ji (Widely Collection of Experience). For hematemesis and hematockezia, it can be combined with Gou Qi Zi from the book Pu Ji Fang. Furthermore, its effects will be reinforced when being combined with blood-cooling and bleed-stopping herbs.