INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Fructus et Cortex Camptothecae
Common English: Cancer Tree
Happy Tree
Tree of Joy
Herbs that Regulate the Blood
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Cold
Root Cortex: 9-15g
Fruit: 3-9g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Disperses Stagnant Blood, disperses accumulation and inhibits carcinoma

Common colds, psoriasis, liver problems and digestive problems

Brain tumors, liver cancer, gastric cancer, leukemia, esophageal cancer, rectal cancer, carcinoma of bladder and other kinds of cancer

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • This herb is forbidden to decocted in iron vessels.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Xi Shu is on the list of endangered plants, hence, exports of Camptotheca acuminata from China have been restricted.
  2. For hundreds of years the Chinese have used this herb for psoriasis and as a remedy for diseases of the Liver, Gallbladder, Spleen and Stomach.
  3. It has also been called “cancer tree” for its primary constituent, camptothcin, which inhibits topoisomerase I, the enzyme linked to cell division and DNA replication.