Supreme Nutrition Products: Golden Thread Supreme (Coptis chinensis) - 60 Capsules

Golden Thread Supreme™ is the powdered rhizome of the plant Coptis chinensis. This herb has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over two thousand years. It contains a number of alkaloids that have been subject to recent research. The most well known of these alkaloids is berberine, the component that gives goldenseal, coptis, and oregon grape root their yellow/gold colour, bitter taste and some of their therapeutic effect. Coptis chinensis contains 5-7% berberine as well as other important therapeutic compounds such as coptisine.Much of the following information has been gleaned from textbooks translated from the Chinese. Golden Thread has been used extensively in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders that are of a pathogenic origin. It has proven to be an effective antifungal, antibacterial (including staph aureus, h.pylorii, strep pneumonia, tuberculosis, shigella, pseudomonas, salmonella, and many gram positive bacteria and mycobacterium), anti-parasitic (including leptospirosis, trichomonas, amoeba, giardia), anti-Biofilm and anti-viral (including influenza and Newcastle virus) herb. It is also reported to have antiradiation effects. In a situation where you have an “over facilitated sympathetic nervous system” berberine in Coptis has been shown to be helpful. It can also increase bile production and is used in the Orient in cases of chronic gall bladder problems, cold sores, and to help slow the development of atherosclerosis.For more information and supporting research please visit the complete product page and write-up at: Golden Thread Supreme