a pharmaceutical preparation from an anti-arthritic Chinese herbal formula composed of five herbs, Sinomenium acutum Rehder and Wilson (family Menispermaceae) stem, Aconitum carmichaeli Debx. (family Ranunculaceae) processed root, Curcuma longa L. (family Zingiberaceae) rhizome, Paeonia lactiflora Pall. (family Ranunculaceae) root, and Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. (family Ranunculaceae) root-bark, all of which have well-established histories of use for treatment of rheumatic and arthritic diseases in China, Japan and other Asian countries
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Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005 Nov 18;337(2):586-94
