Qingkailing is a chinese medicine formula which has been used for cerebrovascular diseases and some inflammatory diseases including uveitis. At one stage, about five years ago, there was some work in the US looking at the possibilities of using this for uveitis. It is given as an injection and has a number of ingredients including some traditional roots and flowers.
There has been a recent trial at Shandong University of Traditional Medicine Eye Hospital where qingkailing was injected into rats with autoimmune uveitis (Birdshot is an autoimmune uveitis). It was found that it could offer immunomodulatory effects.
If this is the case (it will need to be trialled on people too), it could be a possible alternative to the rather toxic systemic medications we currently have to take.
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