Radix Fissistigmae Glaucescentisv

Product Properties

Latin name:Radix Fissistigmae Glaucescentisv
Latin name:Radix Fissistigmae Glaucescentis
Extract ratio: 10:1 TLC
Appearance:brown yellow fine powder

Detailed Description

The deserts of southern Africa are home to the peculiar-looking devil’s claw plant (Harpagophytum procumbens), so named because of the distinctively shaped tips of its fruits. For years, people indigenous to the African continent dug up the plant’s large tuberous roots, chopped them up, and let them dry in the sun. From the dried roots, they then prepared healing formulations to treat arthritis, fever, indigestion, and a number of other conditions.

After European and North American colonists in Africa were introduced to the herb in the 1950s, it began to be examined for its chemical properties and healing potential. Today many herbalists consider devil’s claw effective in treating the aching and stiffness of arthritic joints.

Devil’s claw root is the common name for Harpogophytum procumbens, an herbaceous plant native to the Kalahari savanna of Southern Africa, the Namibian steppes, and Madagascar. Devil’s claw root refers to the dried roots of the plant, which are used medicinally, primarily in Africa and Europe. According to the European Scientific Cooperative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) the roots should contain not less than one percent of the compound harpagoside. Devil’s claw root plays a valuable role in African folk medicine, where it has been used as a digestive tonic, for blood disorders, to reduce fever, as an analgesic, and to relieve various complaints during pregnancy.

according to the Journal of Ethnopharmacology, Germans spent more than $30 million Euros on devil’s claw in 2001. More than 70 percent of prescriptions for rheumatoid arthritis were for devil’s claw extract.

Functions

1.Rheumatism,pass through the blood circulation; hemostasis.
2.For rheumatic arthralgia; menstruation; traumatic injury; fracture; traumatic bleeding