ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,877, issued on Sept. 1.

"Pharmaceutical composition for conditioning dampness-heat" was invented by Wei Zhi Ooi (Ampang, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for conditioning dampness-heat. The pharmaceutical composition consists of licorice root, forsythia shell, tree peony root bark, baical skullcap root, cassia twig, root of Chinese thorowax, Oroxylum indicum seed, mulberry leaf, prunella vulgaris, honeysuckle and perilla leaf. Herein, ratio of the licorice root to forsythia shell to tree peony root bark to baical skullcap root to cassia twig to root of Chinese thoro...