Method of preparing a botanical extract that includes contacting a raw botanical with a solvent having a dielectric constant ranging from about 2.3 to about 25 and allowing the mixture to reside for a sufficient time to obtain a crude extract; filtering out remaining raw botanical and evaporating the solvent from the crude extract under reduced pressure to obtain a dried crude extract; washing the dried crude extract with a polar solvent having a dielectric constant of no less than 30, heating the resulting mixture, and allowing to cool to ambient; collecting a filtrate from the above cooled mixture; washing the collected filtrate with a non-polar solvent having a dielectric constant of no more than 2.0; and filtering and drying the mixture to obtain the botanical extract.

Method of preparing a botanical extract that includes contacting a raw botanical with a solvent having a dielectric constant ranging from about 2.3 to about 25 and allowing the mixture to reside for a sufficient time to obtain a crude extract; filtering out remaining raw botanical and evaporating the solvent from the crude extract under reduced pressure to obtain a dried crude extract; washing the dried crude extract with a polar solvent having a dielectric constant of no less than 30, heating the resulting mixture, and allowing to cool to ambient; collecting a filtrate from the above cooled mixture; washing the collected filtrate with a non-polar solvent having a dielectric constant of no more than 2.0; and filtering and drying the mixture to obtain the botanical extract.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving peripheral circulation and lymph drainage. The composition includes at least one extract of a fatty plant, at least one extract of a plant having astringent properties, and at least one extract of a plant with one or more effects including anti-inflammatory, formation of new, healthy collagen fibrilles, antiseptic properties, antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals, antiedematous, vitaminazing, and stimulating wound healing. The composition may be used to treat at least one of varicose veins, swollen legs, painful legs, stasis dermatitis, swollen arms, indurated arms, hematomas, ecchymosis, periorbital dark circles, periorbital swelling, and hemorrhoids.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving peripheral circulation and lymph drainage. The composition includes at least one extract of a fatty plant, at least one extract of a plant having astringent properties, and at least one extract of a plant with one or more effects including anti-inflammatory, formation of new, healthy collagen fibrilles, antiseptic properties, antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals, antiedematous, vitaminazing, and stimulating wound healing. The composition may be used to treat at least one of varicose veins, swollen legs, painful legs, stasis dermatitis, swollen arms, indurated arms, hematomas, ecchymosis, periorbital dark circles, periorbital swelling, and hemorrhoids.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving peripheral circulation and lymph drainage. The composition includes at least one extract of a fatty plant, at least one extract of a plant having astringent properties, and at least one extract of a plant with one or more effects including anti-inflammatory, formation of new, healthy collagen fibrilles, antiseptic properties, antioxidant, neutralizing free radicals, antiedematous, vitaminazing, and stimulating wound healing. The composition may be used to treat at least one of varicose veins, swollen legs, painful legs, stasis dermatitis, swollen arms, indurated arms, hematomas, ecchymosis, periorbital dark circles, periorbital swelling, and hemorrhoids.

The present invention relates to a Chinese herbal medicine composition which is prepared from a raw material comprising the following ratio: 1 part by weight of Lilium brownii var. viridulum, 5 parts by weight of Houttuynia cordata, 2 parts by weight of Atractylodes macrocephala, 2 parts by weight of Poria cocos(Schw.) Wolf., 1 part by weight of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, 3 parts by weight of Adenophora morrisonensis, 2 parts by weight of Semen Astragali Complanati, 0.5 parts by weight of Zingiber officinale, 5 parts by weight of Tribulus terrestris, 3 parts by weight of Pogostemon cablin, 0.5 parts by weight of Ziziphus jujuba, and 0.1 parts by weight of Dimocarpus longan. The invention also relates to a method of using the herbal composition for inhibiting melanoma cell metastasis. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the herbal composition.

The present invention relates to a Chinese herbal medicine composition which is prepared from a raw material comprising the following ratio: 1 part by weight of Lilium brownii var. viridulum, 5 parts by weight of Houttuynia cordata, 2 parts by weight of Atractylodes macrocephala, 2 parts by weight of Poria cocos(Schw.) Wolf., 1 part by weight of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, 3 parts by weight of Adenophora morrisonensis, 2 parts by weight of Semen Astragali Complanati, 0.5 parts by weight of Zingiber officinale, 5 parts by weight of Tribulus terrestris, 3 parts by weight of Pogostemon cablin, 0.5 parts by weight of Ziziphus jujuba, and 0.1 parts by weight of Dimocarpus longan. The invention also relates to a method of using the herbal composition for inhibiting melanoma cell metastasis. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the herbal composition.

The present invention relates to a Chinese herbal medicine composition which is prepared from a raw material comprising the following ratio: 1 part by weight of Lilium brownii var. viridulum, 5 parts by weight of Houttuynia cordata, 2 parts by weight of Atractylodes macrocephala, 2 parts by weight of Poria cocos(Schw.) Wolf., 1 part by weight of Ziziphi Spinosae Semen, 3 parts by weight of Adenophora morrisonensis, 2 parts by weight of Semen Astragali Complanati, 0.5 parts by weight of Zingiber officinale, 5 parts by weight of Tribulus terrestris, 3 parts by weight of Pogostemon cablin, 0.5 parts by weight of Ziziphus jujuba, and 0.1 parts by weight of Dimocarpus longan. The invention also relates to a method of using the herbal composition for inhibiting melanoma cell metastasis. The invention also relates to a process for the preparation of the herbal composition.

The present invention relates to compositions containing plant materials or extracts with inhibitory effect on a 5-HT.sub.3a and/or NK-1 receptor for preventing or treating idiopathic vomiting.

The present invention relates to compositions containing plant materials or extracts with inhibitory effect on a 5-HT.sub.3a and/or NK-1 receptor for preventing or treating idiopathic vomiting.