Thunder God Vine, or Lei Gong Teng, is a unique plant with many remarkable health benefits that are now being studied by the medical community in both it’s native settings and in the US today.  A few of the benefits of the vine being studied are its anti-inflammatory properties, contraceptive uses, weight loss assistance, cancer […]

Triptolide, an active compound in Thunder God Vine, shows promising results for decreasing cyst size and replication in those suffering from PKD.

Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis may not be as infamous as their cousins Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus, but these two diseases are rheumatic conditions, chronic diseases of the immune system. In psoriasis, the immune system is triggered, and it speeds up the growth of skin cells, which turn into what is then known as psoriatic lesions. […]

According to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation, Parkinson’s disease is a chronic and progressive movement disorder. Chronic, meaning this disease is always present, and progressive, meaning that the disease gets worse over time. Close to 1 million Americans suffer from Parkinson’s, and while there are medical treatment options that may lessen the symptoms of the disease […]

I’ve never really thought of myself as average – I have been “outside the norm” my entire life. And I am ok with that. I was born to hippies – I swear to God I was “this close” to being named Moonbeam. I’m old enough to have followed the Grateful Dead for a while right […]

Unless you have been hiding under a bush in the naturopathic world lately, you have heard of the amazing properties of thunder god vine – a recently “re-discovered” natural remedy that the Chinese healers have been using for centuries. First and foremost, not all portions of this herb are edible. The peeled roots are the […]

Hepatocellular carcinoma, or HCC, is a deadly form of liver cancer – and scientists are investigating a treatment for it that includes Thunder God Vine and nanotechnology. Its sounds like something straight out of Star Wars, but it’s much closer to use in our time than you may believe. Hepatocellular carcinoma is a primary liver […]

A model of impactful Chinese medicine, the Chinese Thunder God Vine is a plant that has been used for centuries successfully to fight inflammatory disease. Hosting more than 100 beneficial compounds, the peeled root extract of the thunder-god vine is what is used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, lupus, and now, cancer. Many […]

Diabetic neuropathy is a painful condition that can develop when high blood sugar is left untreated for too long.  Researchers in China have been studying the effect of Triptolide, an active biological component of the thunder god vine root extract, to see how it can be used as an adjunctive treatment for diabetic neuropathy.  The […]

If you have been following thunder god vine at all in the news, you are well aware of its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, but did you know that it is also an anti-viral agent as well? Honestly, I didn’t know this! I just read an article saying that Thunder god vine extract has been proven […]