Suffering from chronic pain? Well a plant used in Chinese medicine may be of help. A plant used for centuries as a pain reliever in Chinese medicine may also help relieve chronic pain said a study. 'We have found a key pain-relieving compound known as dehydrocorybulbine (DHCB) in the roots of the flowering plant Corydalis a member of the poppy family' said Olivier Civelli of the University of California. 'This natural product that can relieve pain acts in animal assays against the three types of pain that afflict humans - acute inflammatory and neuropathic or chronic pain' Civelli added.
