What’s in Skin-eze?

Skin-eze is a combination of herbs, soluble and insoluble plant fiber sources and natural flavoring, in a chewable tablet. The herbal ingredients have specific functions in herbal medicine (see below). It is also available in capsule form, without the natural flavor additives (capsules are a better choice for pets with suspected food allergies).

About the herbs

Here is information on the herbs, from Herbal Medicine Materia Medica (Eastland Press, Seattle, WA, 1986). Each herb is listed with a reference in herbal literature, the active chemical compounds, and the type of activity the herb has on the body.

Articum (Great Burdock Fruit). Illustrated Classic of the Materia Medica.

artiin, l-articgenin, iso-articgenin, arachidonic acid, gobosterin essential and fatty oils.

Antibiotic effects

Calamus Gum (Dragonsblood, Acorus calamus): Grandfather Lei's Discussion of Herb Preparation.

dracorresinotannol

Antibiotic effects

Cicada (Moulting): Materia Medica of Medicinal Properties.

chitin, chlorine

Decreases nervous spasms

Forsythia: Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

forsythin (phillyrin), matairesinoside, oleanolic acid

Antimicrobial effects

Kochia (seeds from the Broom Cypress tree): Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

triterpenoid saponins, oil, alkaloids

Antifungal effects

Licorice Root: Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

glycyrrhetinic acid (GA), glycyrrhizin, uralenic acid

mineralocorticoid effect, glucocorticoid effect (increases both duration and strength of the effects of cortisone)

Rehmannia: Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

B-sitosterol, mannitol, stigmasterol, campesterol, rehmannin, catalpol, arginine, glucose

Prevents depletion of hepatic glycogen stores

Antifungal effects

Salvia (Sage): Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

tanshinone, miltirone, tanshinol, vitamin E

Mild vasodilation, antibiotic effects

Schizonepeta (Japanese catnip stem, Schizonepeta tenuifolia): Wu Pu's Materia Medica.

d-menthone, menthone, d-limonene

Shown to shorten coagulation times, increases circulation in the subcutaneous areas

Siler (Ledebouirella seseloites): Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

mannitol, phenols

Antimicrobial effects

Sophora (Bitter Root): Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

d-matrine, l-methylcysteine, d-sophoranol

Antifungal effect

Tang-kuei (Angelica root): Angelica sinensis): Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica.

vitamin B-12, carotene, beta-sitoserol

Antibiotic effects

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