Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Extract(Ophiopogon Thunb Extract)

[ Latin Name ] Ophiopogon japonicus(Thunb.)Ker-Gawl./Radix Ophiopogonis
[ Active Ingredient ]  Ophiopogonanone A,isoophiopogonone A
[ Detection method ]  HPLC
[ Properties ] 
The herbs is sweet and slightly bitter in flavour, slightly cold in nature 
[ Effects ] 
To nurish yin and promote the productuon of body fluid, to moisten the lung, and ease the mind.
[ Indications ] 
Dry cough, phthisical cough; thrist due to impairment of body fluid; fidgetness and insommia; diabetes caused by internal heat; constipation; diphtheria.
[ Precautions ] 
This herb is contraindicated in cases with cough due to wind-cold type of common cold, with presence of phlegm fluid and turbid dampness, with diarrhea due to deficiency, and cold in the spleen and stomach. 
About Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Extract(Ophiopogon Thunb Extract)
 Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber is the dried root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl. ( F a m. Liliaceae).