Abstract
Traditional and researched herbal treatments for acute and chronic viral hepatitis caused by hepatitis A, B, and C viruses are reviewed. Agents discussed include Andrographis paniculata (kalmegh) leaf, Silybum marianum (milk thistle) seed, silymarin, silibinin, Liv.52 formula, Artemisia capillaris (capillary wormwood, yin chen hao) leaf, Yin Chen Hao Tang, Ligusticum porteri (oshá) root, Ligusticum grayi (oshala) root, Lomatium dissection (desert parsley) root, Forsythia suspensa (lian qiao) herb, Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s wort) herb, Coptis chinensis (gold thread, huang lian) root, Artemisia ludoviciana (western mugwort) leaf, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) root, glycyrrhizin, Schisandra chinensis (wu wei zi) fruit, Astragalus membranaceus (huang qi) root, Taraxacum officinale (dandelion) root, Arctium lappa (burdock) root, shosaiko-to, Xiao Chai Hu Tang, Salvia miltiorrhiza (Chinese sage, dan shen) root, salvianolic acid B, Fuzheng Huayu formula, Gynostemma pentaphyllum (jiao gulan) root, and Ginkgo biloba seed.
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