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 […]

Reproductive health seems to be at the center of many heated debates in political and/or religious venues of any kind in the US today. Debates on reproductive rights aside, the availability of effective and safe contraceptives or – quite the opposite – available and safe conception enhancing mechanism are a concern for men and women […]

Arthritis is a tricky disease – it comes in many forms, including osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, and causes millions of Americas debilitating pain every year – which is why its no surprise that many seek the natural treament of arthritis instead of traditional therapies. There is no cure for arthritis at this point. There is […]

At the University of Minnesota’s Masonic Cancer Center, a study was done in 2012 using an active component of thunder god vine extract called triptolide and how it affected pancreatic cancer tumors in lab mice. The results were STUNNING. After only 40 days of treatment, the pancreatic tumors present in the mice were simply … […]

Modern medicine is a wonderful thing – we have found cures for diseases across the world that have caused devastation and death, and people are living longer than ever. Until now. For the first time in decades, the average life expectancy is starting to decline in American society. At the same time, the average American’s […]

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 […]

There are many active compounds in Thunder God Vine, but one of them is making headlines in the news lately. Celastrol is the compound in Thunder God Vine that seems to have scientists most interested, and what they are finding could change the lives of people suffering from obesity or rheumatic conditions across the world. […]

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 […]

The Thunder God Vine plant, also known as Tripterygium Wilfordii, Lei Gong Teng, and Threewingnut, and a plant that has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for thousands of years to treat many illnesses and symptoms, including pain, inflammation, carbuncles, immune deficiency and more recently, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Lupus and now, obesity. The Thunder God Vine […]

Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F is the Latin name for the vine typically referred to as the Thunder God Vine or Thunder Duke Vine. In Chinese medicine, it is called Threewingnut, or Lei Gong Teng. Many new studies are being done on the plant itself, specifically, an extract of the peeled root of the plant, which […]