Galla Chinensis or Chinese Gall.Galla Rhois extract and Ellagic Acid,information,Origin and Functions.

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Dosage and Administration.

Galla Chinensis Extract Ellagic Acid INCI Name:Ellagic acid EINECS/ELINCS No Ellagic acid 207-508-3 CAS Ellagic acid 476-66-4 Chinese Gall Galla Rhois extract Galla Rhois extract photo picture image Suggestive Dosage:

 1.5-6g, used in bolus or powder, and appropriate amount for external use.

 Decoct or include in pills or powder for oral administration:

 Use an adequate amount externally by grinding it into powder for external application or decocting it for fumigation and rinsing.

 Cautions on Use:

 This herb should be avoided by anyone suffering from diarrhea or dysentery due to damp heat.There are some suggestions that the sap of this species can cause a skin rash in susceptible people, but this has not been substantiated.

 Reference Materials:

 'Supplement to the Compendium of Materia Medica' : "Diarrhea or dysentery due to deficiency of the intestines. This herb is ground into powder and taken with boiled soup."

 'The Compendium of Materia Medica' : "Astringing the lungs to remove fire, removing gastrointestinal fluid retention, arresting coughing, treating conjunctival congestion with marginal blepharitis, relieving pyogenic infections, astringing ulcers and incised wounds and restoring a prolapsed anus and uterus. Sour and salty in taste, this herb can astringe the lungs, arrest bleeding, resolve phlegm, quench thirst and astringe sweating. Cold in nature, it can resolve pyogenic infections due to toxic heat. Astringing in property, it can relieve watery diarrhea or dysentery."

 "Treats diabetes, night sweat, vomiting, loss of blood, prolonged dysentery and inflammation of the throat."

 Safety and Acute toxicity:

 CAS No.:476-66-4.Molecular Formula:C14-H6-O8. Molecular Weight:302.20

 Synonmys:Alizarine Yellow;Benzoaric acid;C.I.55005;C.I.75270;Elagostasine;Eleagic acid;Ellagic acid;Gallogen(astringent);2,3,7,8-Tetrahydroxy(1)benzopyrano(5,4,3-cde)(1)benzopyran-5,10-dione.

 Acute toxicity(LD50):Ellagic acid
 LD50-Lethal dose,50 percent kill.Oral.Rodent-rat. >90 mL/kg;

 Reproductive Data:Ellagic acid
 TDLo-Lowest published toxic dose.Intravenous.Rodent-mouse.1208 mg/kg. Sex/Duration:female 16 day(s) after conception.
 Toxic Effect: Reproductive-Fertility-abortion.
 Reproductive-Specific Development Abnormalities-blood and lymphatic systems (including spleen and marrow).
 Reference:AMBPBZ Acta Pathologica et Microbiologica Scandinavica,Section A:Pathology.(Copenhagen,Denmark)V.78-89,1970-81.For publisher information,see ACPADQ.Volume(issue)/page/year:79,487,1971.

 NOES-National Occupational Exposure Survey(1983):Ellagic acid
 NOES Hazard Code-E0173
 No.of Facilities: 42(estimated)
 No.of Industries:1
 No.of Occupations:1
 No.of Employees:350 (estimated)
 No.of Female Employees:285 (estimated)

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last edit date:11th,May.2009.