ABSTRACT

Chemical Components: pachymarose (a polysaccharide) and organic acids, including pachymic acid, tumulosic acid, eburicoic acid, and pinicolic acid.

Medicinal Action: breaks down moisture; promotes diuresis; benefits the stomach and spleen; settles nerves (tranquilizing effects); lowers the blood sugar level; is used as a cardiotonic; increases the immune response of the body to cancer cells (Huang, 1993a).