The extract of Tripterygium wilfordii, an oriental plant widely used in Chinese medicine, and which in Mandarin Chinese would be called  léi gōng téng, or vine of the god of thunder (in English it has been translated as Thunder God Vine), seems to be the new miraculous plant with a thousand very important properties, including that of reducing body fat. In fact, in recent times, scientists have studied the properties of this plant, capable of purifying the liver, treating skin diseases and rheumatoid arthritis, fighting cancer cells of the pancreas. And finally, to lose weight, according to an experiment conducted on mice, the last of the series: scientists from  Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical Schoolthey would publish their results in the journal Cell .

The extract of the herb Tripterygium wilfordi, called ” celastrol” or tripterin , would in fact be a powerful natural anti-inflammatory and antioxidant: the researchers used Celastrol in the treatment of obesity in a group of mice, and covered that this extract would act on leptin , the appetite hormone, increasing its effect and thus reducing hunger with a sense of satiety. In short, it would act as a hunger suppressant, making you feel full already, and would have led to a 45% reduction in obesity in rats. At the moment this is the only study that has investigated the effects of Celastrol, but testing on human volunteers will soon be underway.