Thunder God Vine / Leigongteng (Tripterygium Wilfordii)

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Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripterygium_wilfordii

Molecular analyses of the Chinese herb Leigongteng (Tripterygium wilfordii Hook.f.): http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S003194221000395X

Benefit of an extract of Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12124856

From the above article:
The ethanol/ethyl acetate extract of TWHF shows therapeutic benefit in patients with treatment-refractory RA. At therapeutic dosages, the TWHF extract was well tolerated by most patients in this study.

Junli Liu, Jaemin Lee, Mario Andres Salazar Hernandez, Ralph Mazitschek, Umut Ozcan. Treatment of Obesity with Celastrol. Cell, 2015; 161 (5): 999 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.05.011

See this Science Daily post about the above research paper: Thunder god vine used in traditional Chinese medicine is a potential obesity treatment: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/05/150521133630.htm
 
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