[Chemical evaluation and consideration on the traditional drug "ULUUS" (2)]

Traditional patent medicine named "ULUUS" has been regarded to be the first Dutch precipitation with a western name in Japan. It was found that this drug consists of Rhubarb mainly, and it contained high amounts of effective compounds as for the traditional sample that has been stored for more than 100 years. In fact, a dose of this medicine was supposed to cause a laxative effect.