Patent ID: 6569468
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: A61K,A61P,G01N

Abstract:
A method for obtaining an herbal composition comprising steps of:a) obtaining, pruning, washing and cutting the plant parts: stem of Cinnamornum cassia Preel (Fam. Lauraceae), fungus of Poria cocos (Schw,) Wolf (Fam. Polyporaceae), root skin of Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. (Fam. Ranunculaceae), root of Paeonia lactiflora pall and seed fruit of Prunus persica (L.) Batsch or Prunus davidiana (Carr.) Pranch. (Fam. Rosaceas) b) drying the said plant parts to form 5 medicinal materials named, respectively: Ramulus Cinnamomi, Poria, Cortex Moutan, Radix Paeonize Alba and Semen Prunus; c) Smashing Ramulus Cinnamomi, Semen Prunus and Cortex Moutan into coarse powders and chopping Radix Paeonize Alba into slices; d) Sterilizing the Poria before granulating 50% of its formula weight into fine powder and filtering the powder; e) putting the powder of Cortex Moutan through a process of hot reflux in water and collecting its distillate, saving both the residue and fluid; f) filtering and vacuum-drying said distillate to obtain crude Paeonol; g) dissolving the crude Paeonol into 95% alcohol to form solution A; Slowly adding solution A into a saturated water solution of &bgr;-cyclodextrin while agitating it at temperature of about 80Â° C. to form mixture A; h) filtering mixture A and washing the residue with anhydrous alcohol and letting the washed residue dry to obtain clathrate A; i) distilling Ramulus Cinnamomi in water for four hours and collecting its volatile matter, saving both residue and fluid; j) dissolving the volatile matter into 95% alcohol to form a solution B; slowly adding the solution B into saturated water solution of &bgr;-cyclodextrin while agitating it at temperature of about 45Â° C. to form a mixture B; k) filtering mixture B and washing the residue with anhydrous alcohol and letting the washed residue dry to obtain clathrate B; l) mixing residues from step (e) and (i) with Radix Paeonize Alba, Semen Prunus , 50% formula weight of Poria and 90% alcohol; extracting the mixture, filtering the extract and recovering alcohol from the filtered extract and saving the residue; m) adding water into the residue from step (l) distilling it and filtering the water extract; n) mixing the water extract from step (m) alcohol extract from step (l), fluid from step (e) and step (i); enriching the mixture to form a cream extract; o) mixing the cream extract from step (n) with Poria powder from step (d), grinding the mixture into a fine powder after vacuum-drying it to form a granule; p) mixing the fine powder with an appropriate amount of 60% alcohol and starch sum and granulating the powder to 30 meshes to form a granule A; q) mixing an appropriate amount of silicon dioxide with clathrate A from step (h) and clathrate B from step (k); and r) mixing the mixture from step (g) with granule A from step (p) to obtain a final granule Bâ€”the herbal composition.