Berberine is an important alkaloid, which has been used for a long time in China. It can be extracted from plants such as Coptidis Rhizoma, Cortex Phellodendri, and Sanzhen. Has obvious bacteriostatic effect.

Berberine can resist pathogenic microorganisms and inhibit Shigella dysenteriae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, pneumococcus, typhoid Bacillus, diphtheria Bacillus and other bacteria, among which Shigella dysenteriae has the strongest effect and is often used to treat gastrointestinal diseases such as bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery. Clinically, it is mainly used to treat bacillary dysentery and gastroenteritis with less side effects.

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Berberine has been used as an over-the-counter medicine to treat diarrhea in clinic. However, modern pharmacological studies have confirmed that berberine has obvious anti-heart failure, anti-arrhythmia, cholesterol reduction, anti-vascular smooth muscle proliferation, insulin resistance improvement, anti-platelet and anti-inflammatory effects. Therefore, berberine may have a broad and important application prospect in cardiovascular and nervous system diseases, and more and more attention has been paid to it.

Explained by Chinese medicine, this medicine is cool, can clear away pathogenic heat or deficiency heat, and is harmful to poisons. Since ancient times, it has been a good medicine for clearing heat and detoxifying in the hands of Chinese medicine. Usually take 0. 1 ~ 0.5g orally, three times a day.

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Baidu encyclopedia-berberine