Mechanisms of generation and exudation of Tibetan medicine Shilajit (Zhaxun)

• Main Authors: Rong Ding (Author), Mingming Zhao (Author), Jiuyu Fan (Author), Xiuquan Hu (Author), Meng Wang (Author), Shihong Zhong (Author), Rui Gu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Shilajit is a commonly used Tibetan medicine, and its water extract is mainly used for various heat-related syndrome, especially that of stomach, liver and kidney. Shilajit is found to exudate from rocks of cliff at an altitude of 2000-4000 m as a water-soluble mixture of black p...