Interesting. I have no idea if the commercially available versions of this do anything.....
A plant used by the Chinese for centuries in a traditional concoction to relieve pain has been found to contain a strong natural analgesic.
The compound works against the three types of pain including acute, inflammatory and neuropathic or chronic pain.
The discovery of the painkilling chemical dehydrocorybulbine (DHCB) was made as part of the Herbalome project, an effort to catalogue all of the chemical components of traditional Chinese medicines.
“Our study reports the discovery of a new natural product that can relieve pain,” says Olivier Civelli of the University of California, Irvine.
The Corydalis plants that were the focus of the new study grow mainly in central eastern China, where underground tubers are harvested, ground, and boiled in hot vinegar. The concoctions are often prescribed to treat pain, including headaches and back pain.