Glossy Privet Fruit is the dried mature fruit of Ligustrum Lucidum. Modern chemical research has determined that glossy privet fruit contains oleanolic acid, mannitol, glucose, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid and linolenic acid. The peel contains ursolic acid, oleanolic acid and acetyl oleanolic acid.Glossy Privet Fruit is clinically used to treat optic neuritis, leukopenia, chronic hepatitis, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, childhood hearing loss, neurasthenia, facial nerve paralysis, hair loss, etc.
Modern medical research also believes that according to the characteristics of glossy privet fruit in inhibiting Helicobacter pylori, Glossy Privet Fruit can be used to treat stomach diseases. According to the characteristics of glossy privet fruit in inhibiting abnormal metabolism of purines, it can be used for the treatment of gout and hyperuricemia.