Galla Chinensis or Chinese Gall.Galla Rhois extract and Ellagic Acid,information,Origin and Functions.

Contents

• Basic Info and Identification of Galla Chinensis.
• Difference of Horn Galla and Gut Galla.
• WuBeizi Classical Note.
• Chinese Gall and Its Origin.
• Main content and Phytochemicals.
• Properties and Functions.
• Galla Chinesis Common Indications.
• Applications and Treatment.
• Dosage and Administration.
• Research Update of Galla Chinensis.
• Photo Gallery of Galla Chinensis.

Applications and Treatment.:

1. Treats prolonged coughing due to deficiency of the lungs or coughing with phlegm due to lung-heat:

 Sour and astringent in taste and sufficiently cold to clear away heat, this herb can not only astringe the lungs to arrest coughing, but also clear away heat and remove fire.

 a) Prolonged coughing due to deficiency of the lungs: This is often used together with herbs that astringe the lungs and arrest coughing, such as Chinese magnoliavine fruit (Fructus Schisandrae), poppy shell (Pericarpium Papaveris), etc.

 b) Coughing with phlegm due to lung-heat: The herb can be used together with heat-clearing and phlegm-resolving herbs, such as Mongolian snakegourd (Fructus Trichosanthis), skullcap root (Radix Scutellariae), thunberg fritillary bulb (Bulbus Fritillariae Thunbergii), etc.

 2. Treats prolonged diarrhea or prolonged dysentery:

 Chinese gall can astringe the intestines to arrest diarrhea or dysentery.This herb can be used together with myrobalan fruit (Fructus Chebalae) and Chinese magnoliavine fruit (Fructus Schisandrae) in order to strengthen the effects of astringing the intestines to arrest diarrhea or dysentery.


 3. Treats nocturnal emission and spermatorrhoea due to deficiency of the kidneys:

 This herb can also astringe to control nocturnal emission.It is often used together with fossil fragments, tuckahoe (Poria Cocos), etc., e.g., Yu Suo Dan.

 4. Treats spontaneous perspiration and night sweat:

 Chinese gall can astringe the lungs to arrest sweating.It can be ground alone into powder and made together with buckwheat flour into cookies, which are simmered until cooked for eating; or it is ground into powder and mixed with water for application onto the navel.

 5. Treats metrorrhagia and metrostaxis and hematochezia or hemafecia and hemorrhoidal bleeding:

 This herb can astringe to arrest bleeding.

 a).Metrorrhagia and metrostaxis and hematochezia: It can be used alone or together with charred fortune windmill palm sheath fibre (Fibra Trachycarpi Vaginata Carbonisata), burnt hair, etc.

 b).Hemafecia and hemorrhoidal bleeding: This herb can be used together with sophora flower, garden burnet root (Radix Sanguisorbae), etc., or decocted with water for the fumigation or rinsing of the affected part.


 6.Miscellaneous:

 For external use, this herb can also remove toxic substances, subdue swelling, astringe dampness and boils and arrest bleeding.Treats ulcers with pyogenic infections, exudative skin diseases, chronic ulcers, non-return prolapse of the anus, metroptosis, etc.:It can be ground alone into powder for external application or decocted for fumigation and rinsing or used in combination with dried alum.
 

 7.Cosmetics:

 Applications:Antioxidant,lightening,anti-inflammatory,sun-damage protection.

 Ellagic acid is a naturally occurring polyphenol with very strong antioxidant properties. It is considered as a powerful lightening agent by suppressing formation of sun and age spots without injuring cells. It also has properties that make it effective as an anti-inflammatory ingredient. The product has been used in various lightening products,anti-age- spots creams, and serums.

 Ellagic acid is generally known to be found in leaves or seeds of raspberries, strawberries and pomegranates.Our product is derived from Galla Chinensis, a traditional Chinese medicine, the Chinese name is Wu bei zi. Galla Chinensis has been proved having activities of anti-inflammation and anti-bacteria and is widely used in China.

 Our ellagic acid is effective to be used as a functional ingredient in the line of cosmetic with functions of anti-inflammatory and sun damage protection.

Reference:

• Galla Chinensis or Chinese Gall.Galla Rhois extract and Ellagic Acid,information,Origin and Functions.

This article written and edited via herbalist of MDidea Extracts Professional. They run a range of online descriptions about this herb,including general information related and summarized updating discoveries from findings of professional scientisits this field related.Describe style aimed to form a useful detecting literature space where the intertwined threshold and related questions raise out and visualize themselves.

♣ last edit date:08th,Oct.2010.