Experiment 1226761
Details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | |
| Administration route | ORAL |
| Organism | Tripterygium wilfordii (CELASTRACEAE) |
| Citation | SHU,HY: ZHANG,CF: HUANG,GY:. (1987). EFFECTS OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII ON MENSTRUATION: A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 83 CASES.. 16(5) |
| Amount utilized | |
| Compound isolated | |
| Disease | 50 WOMEN WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND 33 WITH CLIMACTERIC MENORRHAGIA OR UTERINE MYOMA WERE GIVEN FOR MORE THAN 3 MONTHS EITHER A DRINK PREPARED WITH THE TITLE PLANT AND WHITE WINE OR A TABLET PREPARED FROM THE DECOCTION. AMENORRHEA OCCURRED IN 65.1% OF THE CASES AND THE SHORT TERM EFFECTIVE RATE IN REDUCING CLIMACTERIC MENORRHAGIA WAS 96.9%. MENSTRUATION RESUMED IN 1-3 MONTHS AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF MEDICATION IN ALL CASES OF CHILD-BEARING AGE. THE HERB WAS RECOMMENDED FOR TREATING CLIMACTERIC MENORRHAGIA: THE DRAWBACKS ARE SLOW ONSET AND HIGH RATE OF RELAPSE AFTER DISCONTINUATION OF MEDICAL MEDICATION. SIDE EFFECTS WERE MANIFESTED MAINLY IN THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM, INCLUDING SORE THROAT, DRY MOUTH AND ECZEMA. BASAL BODY TEMPERATURE PATTERNS AND VAGINAL SMEARS SUGGESTED THAT THE MEDICATION INHIBITED OVARY FUNCTIONS. HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION SHOWED THAT THE MEDICATION CAUSED ATROPHY OF THE UTERINE ENDOMETRIUM. |
| Number | 1 |
| Qualitative result | ACTIVE |
| Animal | HUMAN ADULT |
| Dose expression | DOSE |
| Extract | DECOCTION |
| Gender | FEMALE |