Dutchman's Pipe Fruit Extract (Fructus Aristolochiae Extract)

[ Latin Name ]  Aristolochia contorta Bunge./Aristolochia debilis Seib.et Zucc.
[ Active Ingredient ] Aris-tolochic acid,Mag-noflorine
[ Part used ] Fruit
[ Appearance ] Brown fine powder
[ Specs Ratio ] 5:1,10:1,20:1 by TLC
[ Detection method ] HPLC
[ Functions ] 
To remove heat from the lung and relieve cough and asthma, and to remove heat from the large intestine (rectum) for the treatment of hemorrhoid.
[ Indications ]
Asthma, cough and bloody sputum due to heat in the lung; bleeding, swollen and paluful hemorrhoids due to heat in the large intestine.
About Dutchman's Pipe Fruit Extract (Fructus Aristolochiae Extract)
Dutohmanspipe Fruit is the dried ripe fruit of Aristolochia contorta Bge, or Aristolochia debilis Sieb. et Zucc. (Fam. Aristolochiaceae.)It is bitter and acrid in flavour, and cold in nature. It is tropistic to the lung, large intestine channels.