How a Japanese herbal medicine protects the gut against inflammatory bowel disease

Researchers report on the effects of a common herbal remedy on inflammatory bowel disease. A new study shows that DKT — an herbal medicine containing ginger, pepper, ginseng, and maltose — reduced the severity of colitis in lab mice by preventing the loss of important gut bacteria and by increasing levels of immune cells in the colon that fight inflammation.

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