Posted by Sigismund on December 23, 2007, at 14:01:59
There seem to have only been 2 ever posts on this.
People concerned with adrenal function might find it interesting.
Cured rehmannia is certainly very nice to eat (though naturally I felt it gave me insomnia).
Anyway, you might be interested in this......"Uncured rehmannia inhibited the metabolism of cortisol by hepatocytes in vitro. Simultaneous administration of exogenous adrenocortical hormones resulted in cortisol levels remaining close to normal. The authors believe the mechanism to be a competitive effect at the hepatocellular receptor which affected the uptake of corticosteroid hormone, thereby slowing the catabolism of cortisol.
Oral administration of uncured rehmannia (3g/kg) for 2 weeks to rabbits chronically treated with dexamethasone significantly raised serum corticsterone levels (p<0.001) Continuation of the treatment resulted in further increases. Rehmannia treatment also prevented and reversed morphological changes in the pituitary and adrenal cortex, appearing to antagonise the suppressive effect of glucocorticoids on the HPA axis."
There have been big threads on the HPA axis on the Main Board. Resetting it, I think.
(When people speak of adrenal exhaustion, are they talking about this sort of thing?)
Any comments welcome.
poster:Sigismund
thread:802264
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/alter/20071031/msgs/802264.html