Patent ID: 7341746

Claim:
A composition for the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of atopic disease, non-atopic eczema and psoriasis, which comprises a decoction or extract obtained from the following set of herbs: Radix Rehmannia Radix Glycyrrhiza Radix Paeonia Rubra in the substantial absence of any other herb; said decoction or extract comprising fractions which run with Rf, values in one or more of the ranges: 0.00 to 0.100; 0.167 to 0.300; 0.400 to 0.533; 0.700 to 0.833; or 0.900 to 0.967 if an aqueous solution of a freeze-dried decoction of said set of herbs is subjected to chromatography on a Whatman 2 cm×55 cm 3 MM cellulose strip for 10 hours using a solvent mixture of butanol, ethanol and water in the proportions 4:1:1.