| Disease | THE STEM OF TRIPTERYGIUM WILFORDII(LEIGONGTENG) HAS ANTIINFLAMMATORY, IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE, ANTIBACTERIAL, PESTICIDAL, ANTICOAGULANT, PLATELET INHIBITORY AND CIRCULATION IMPROVING ACTIONS.
IT IS EFFICACIOUS IN THE TREATMENT OF LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, LEPRA REACTION, BEHCET'S SYNDROME, ALLERGIC SKIN DISEASES, ALOPECIA AREATA, PSORIASIS AND OTHER SKIN DISEASES. IT CAN BE USED EXTERNALLY AS A TINCTURE.
THE DRUG IS VERY TOXIC AND SHOULD BE USED CAREFULLY. IT CAN CAUSE GASTROINTESTINAL, SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANE REACTIONS, MENSTRUAL DISORDERS, LIVER FUNCTION DISTURBANCES, LEUKOPENIA, PALPITATION AND ECG CHANGES. (A REVIEW WITH 34 REFERENCES). |