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Berberine reduces arterial plaque in humans by decreasing TMAO in the gut
- pvaldes 3y agoCoptis is in the family Ranunculaceae. Coptidis Rhizoma is the dried root, not the scientific name. Ranunculaceae are really good in two fields: making beautiful flowers and developing strong toxics; so I would recommend to be extremely cautious with this. never underestimate this family. Undesirable collateral effects are totally expected.
- cinntaile 3y agoAccording to Google you can buy just berberine as a supplement. Berberine can be found in several plants so it might be extracted from something that is not toxic?
- pvaldes 3y agoIf I'm not wrong Berberine was discovered in the Genus Berberis, a cosmopolite genus of thorn shrubs with small yellow flowers. They have blue or red tiny edible fruits and everything else is toxic. Can be found in each public park from temperate areas
- KennyBlanken 3y ago[flagged]
- blacksmith_tb 3y agoI don't think that's entirely fair, the "barefoot doctors" of rural China use both Western medicine and TCM[1]. And while acupuncture has somewhat ambiguous research around it, it's clear that plenty of herbs contain compounds which are medically useful (and that's true for Western/modern pharmaceuticals from aspirin to Tamoxifen). And of course Berberine[2] has generated lots of other interest recently. 1: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12259447/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12259447/ 2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberine#Research https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberine#Research
- sudosysgen 3y agoWhile it's sometimes exaggerated, using herbs from traditional medicine and trying to find pharmaceutical compounds from then is totally normal and has been done successfully for almost a century, both in China and the West.
- pengaru 3y agoTCM may be a pile of unscientific mumbo jumbo, but that doesn't mean it isn't a deep well of leads for science to go investigate... especially in the medicinal plants department.
- pengaru 3y agoIt's not mentioned by name in TFA, but isn't this the active ingredient in the Goldenseal products you can easily buy OTC?
- andrewjl 3y agoBerberine can also be found in bayberries. Would be interesting to know if those had a similar effect.