Author(s)

Meili Yu, Jiamin Chen

Corresponding Author

Meili Yu

ABSTRACT

Bupleurum is a common traditional Chinese medicine, which has been widely used in China since ancient times. It has antipyretic, analgesic and cholagogic effects. Chinese Bupleurum is a part of the species of Bupleurum belonging to the angiosperma, dicotyledonta, umbelliferae, umbelliferae, amirenae. Indications: wind-heat cold, whooping cough, liver depression and rib pain, rubella, sore nodules, etc. Main chemical constituents: Radix Bupleuri contains volatile oil, SAIkosaponins (SS) A, C, D, S and polysaccharides, and flavonoids in stems and leaves. This passage talks about four uses for Bupleurum including treatment to the liver fibrosis, treatment to depression, anti-inflammatory and anti-endotoxin and some researches about them.

KEYWORDS

Bupleurum, depression, liver fibrosis, anti-inflammatory, endotoxin