Baishouwu was Asclepiadaceae genera roots of many plants, which eliminate the root leather ear lobe is more common, the main production in Jiangsu Province, mainly cultivated products, sometimes processed into "fleece-flower root powder" sold.

Baishouwu sweet, bitter, flat; the liver, kidney, spleen and stomach; have liver or kidney, strong bones, essence and blood, spleen and digestion, detoxification treatment sores and other effects; attending waist and knee pain, impotence emission , dizziness, tinnitus, palpitations, insomnia, loss of appetite, infantile malnutrition, postpartum milk and few. Baishouwu currently known pharmacological effects are: (1) to enhance immune function (2) antioxidant, free radical scavenging, inhibition of lipid oxidation by forming (3) anti-tumor (4) fat (5) cardiac (6) liver (7) to promote hair growth (8) protect brain cells (9) anti-aging.

Baishouwu total glycosides can not because of the thymus and spleen atrophy immunosuppression, showing significant protective effect on immune organs. The average diameter of Baishouwu total phospholipids can promote hair growth, increased pores and hair fiber pores group Narrowing the distance between the hair fibers to produce faster, and this is the principle Baishouwu fill liver and kidney, essence and blood, black hair and other effects of lies. Protective effect on the liver: hemolytic anemia liver Baishouwu total glycosides of acetophenone caused a significant protective effect, can damage the liver enzyme activity with varying degrees of recovery, some can be restored to normal levels. The total glycosides can strengthen the liver cells to improve the body's metabolic functions hypoxia, enhance the body energy, total saponins may also inhibit ethanol-induced or acetophenone cause lipid peroxidation, and thus damage the liver play a good protective effect, white Liver hangover effect Radix positive from this.