Devils Claw (Devil's Claw, Harpagophytum procumbens, Pagosid) is a wild herb that grows in Africa and Namibia on the grasslands and the Kalahari Desert, Africa belongs to native plants. Such roots of the plant is used as a folk medicine to be used to ease the pain of rheumatic diseases.
With the devil's claw-depth and extensive study of the use of devil's claw in a growing number of clinical applications to be sure, to be included into a large number of authoritative Pharmacopoeia. The most famous are: Martindale Pharmacopoeia, British Pharmacopoeia and the German COMMISSIONE and other plants.
Devils Claw medicinal part is the secondary roots, Pagosid is the devil's claw root extract times. French scholar Leblan D and other evaluation devil claw extract and slow-acting drug for osteoarthritis diacerein compare knee and hip arthritis treatment efficacy and safety: Studies have shown that the devil claw extract treat knee and hip Ministry of osteoarthritis efficacy at least control drug (diacerein) like, and can reduce the amount of painkillers and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.