METHOD FOR TESTING EFFICACY OF COMPOUNDS FOR ATOPIC ECZEMA OR DERMATITIS USING IL4

摘要

A composition for the treatment of a disease selected from the group consisting of atopic disease, non-atopic eczema and psoriasis is described, which comprises a decoction or extract obtained from a subset of the set of herbs consisting of: Radix Ledebouriella, Fructus Tribuli, Herba Potentilla Chinensis, Caulis Clematis Armandii, Radix Rehmannia, Radix Glycyrrhiza, Radix Paeonia Rubra, Cortex Dictamni Radicis, Herba Lopatheri, Spika Schizonepetae, in the substantial absence of any other herb; said decoction or extract comprising one or more of those components present in fractions which run with Rf values in the ranges: 0.00 to 0.100; 0.167 to 1.300; 0.400 to 0.533; 0.700 to 0.833; or 0.900 to 0.967 if an aqueous solution of a freeze-dried decoction of said set of herbs is subjected to chromatography on a Whatman 2cms x 55cms 3MM cellulose strip for 10 hours using a solvent mixture of butanol, ethanol and water in the proportions 4:1:1.