<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicinal composition and a functional food which each effectively uses Crepidiastrum lanceolatum Nakai having physiological activities and/or a fermentation product of the Crepidiastrum lanceolatum Nakai, is safe for living bodies, little produces side effects, and has an active oxygen production-inhibiting activity, a leucotriene compound production-inhibiting activity, a histamine liberation-inhibiting activity, an IL-1&beta; liberation-inhibiting activity, and an IL-6 liberation-inhibiting activity. <;P>;SOLUTION: The medicinal composition or the functional food contains the extract of Crepidiastrum lanceolatum Nakai and/or a fermentation product of the Crepidiastrum lanceolatum Nakai. The fermentation product is preferably a fermentation product fermented with lactobacillus, lactobacillus and yeast, lactobacillus and Bacillus subtilis, or lactobacillus, yeast and Bacillus subtilis. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT