Patent ID: 6399112
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
An herbal composition for the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of eczema, non-atopic eczema and psoriasis, which comprises a therapeutically effective amount of a decoction or extract from one or more of the sets (a), (b), (c) and (d) of herbs:wherein set (a) consists essentially of:Radix Paeonia rubra, Radix Glycyrrhiza, and Radix Rehmannia; wherein set (b) consists essentially of:Cortex Dictamni radicis, Radix Paeonia rubra, Radix Glycyrrhiza, Radix Rehmannia, Radix Ledebouriella, and Fructus tribulli; wherein set (c) consists essentially of:Radix Paeonia rubra, Radix Glycyrrhiza, and Spika Schizonepetae; and wherein set (d) consists essentially of:Cortex Dictamni radicis, Radix Paeonia rubra, Radix Glycyrrhiza, Radix Rehmannia, Radix Ledebouriella, Fructus tribulli, Herba Potentilla chinensis, Caulis Clematis armandii, Spika Schizonepetae, and Herba Lopatheri; and wherein said extract has been subjected to an initial water extraction and to a chromatographic separation process to select fractions which run with Rf values in one or more of the ranges:0.00 to 0.00; 0.167 to 0.300; 0.400 to 0.533; 0.700 to 0.833; and 0.900 to 0.967 when an aqueous solution of said extract is subjected to chromatography on a Whatman 2 cmÃ—55 cm 3 MM cellulose strip for 10 hours using a solvent mixture of butanol, ethanol and water in the proportions 4:1:1.