Baptisiae tinctoriae radix

Isoflavones (baptigenin, pseudobaptigenin) and their glycosides (baptisin, pseudobaptisin, trifolirhizin), the alkaloids cytisin, methylcytisin, coumarins as well as polysaccharides and various other substances. glycoproteins.

The drug is used in the form of alcoholic extracts as an immunostimulant (often in combination with Echinaceae pallidae/purpureae radix and Thujae, occidentalis herba) to improve the immune status, e.g. in the combination preparation Esberitox® to strengthen the body's own defenses. In American folk medicine, the drug is used to treat flu-like infections, scarlet fever, typhoid fever and streptogenic pharyngitis. Baptisiae tinctoriae radix is also used in ointments to treat ulcers and inflamed wounds.

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