Daikenchuto may protect the gut against inflammatory bowel disease
Researchers report on the effects of a common herbal remedy on inflammatory bowel disease. A new study shows that DKT — an herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose — reduced the severity of colitis in lab mice by preventing the loss of important gut bacteria and by increasing levels of immune cells in the colon that fight inflammation.
Zhengzheng Shi, Tadashi Takeuchi, Yumiko Nakanishi, Tamotsu Kato, Katharina Beck, Ritsu Nagata, Tomoko Kageyama, Ayumi Ito, Hiroshi Ohno, Naoko Satoh-Takayama. A Japanese Herbal Formula, Daikenchuto, Alleviates Experimental Colitis by Reshaping Microbial Profiles and Enhancing Group 3 Innate Lymphoid Cells. Frontiers in Immunology, 2022; 13 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.903459
Daikenchuto, inflammatory bowel disease, IBD. Colitis, gut, kampo, Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacillus, microbiome, DKT, ginger, pepper, ginseng, propionate, scfa, short-chain fatty acid