new vita® Herbal IngredientsAchieve Better Health in Weeks Coptis RhizomeTraditional Uses Dispels heat, dries dampness, purges fire, removes toxin, for Fidgets due to extreme heat, sensation of fullness in the chest and abdomen, thirst, diarrhea due to heat, abdominal pain, tenesmus, hemoptysis, epistaxis, conjunctivitis, tumor, oral ulceration Scientific Research (1) Antibacterial purpose: The main constituent berberine has bacteriostatic action on pathogenic microbes. It is especially bactericidal to intestinal bacteria, and has the same efficacy as a sulfa drug. (2) Antiviral purpose: It inhibits influenza virus. (3) Antiphlogistic purpose: The aqueous extract inhibits granulation of fertilized eggs and possesses anti-inflammatory action. (4) Anti-ulcer purpose: Oral administration of the aqueous extract to mice inhibits gastric ulcer due to nervousness. (5) Stomachic purpose: The bitter taste possesses a stomachic purpose, and helps in digestion. It also stimulates the secretion of saliva, gastric juices, pancreatic juice, bile juice, and the activities of the gastrointestinal tract. (6) Antidiarrheal purpose: Berberine acts on the gastric mucosa to prevent diarrhea. (7) Other purposes: In vitro, the aqueous extract induces spasms of the mouse intestinal tract, contracts uteri, and also prevents atherosclerosis; prolongs sleeping (CNS purpose) and lowers blood pressure. CordycepsTraditional Uses Supplements lungs and kidneys, controls cough with dyspnea, for Cough due to consumption. hemoptysis, hyperhidrosis, impotence, involuntary emission. pain in the loins and knees Scientific Research (1) Bronchial purpose: It dramatically dilates extirpated animal bronchi. (2) Sedative purpose: It sedates and induces sleeping in mice. (3) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro cordycepic acid inhibits staphylococci, streptococci, a:id other types of bacteria. (4) Antifungal purpose: In vitro it inhibits to varying degrees several kinds of fungi. (5) Other purposes:Intravenous injection of the extract causes the blood pressure to drop and inhibits the activity of intestinal tract, uterus,and heart. Costus Root Traditional Uses Promotes chíi circulation, relieves distention, controls pain and diarrhea, harmonizes the stomach, for Stomachache due to perverted flow of liver chíi, vomiting, diarrhea, borborygmus, abdominal pain, dysentery, tenesmus Scientific Research (1) Antibacterial purpose: Aucklandia lappa possesses the strongest inhibitory purpose on various staphylococci, Bacillus subtilis, Escherichia coli, and Bacillus typhi. (2) Regulating the intestine and analgesic purposes: The extract of A. lappa acts on the nervus, vagus, stimulates the large intestine, increases peristalsis of the large intestine, and moderates pain and gas inside the gastrointestinal tract. (3) Anthelmintic purpose: The alantolactone conte' in lnula helenium possesses stronger anthelmintic' action than santonin; however, it is quite bitter and can cause vomiting. (4) Hypotensive purpose: The aromatic extract of Aristolochia debilis or A. contorta possesses a pronounced hypotensive purpose. Its toxicity is lower than that of the.fruit of Aristolochia debilis. The hypotensive action is strong and lasts for a long time. Cratagus Fruit Traditional Uses Promotes food digestion and resolves accumulation, expels phlegm and eliminates food stagnancy, for Dyspepsia, stagnancy of undigested food, stuffiness fullness in the chest and abdomen, acid regurgitation, hernia, menorrhagia, persistence of lochia, indigestion in infants due to improper nursing Scientific Research (1) Digestive purpose: Crataegolic acid increases gastric secretion of digestive enzymes, thus helping in digestion. (2) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro, the decoction is strongly inhibitory to Shigella dysenteriae. (3) Vasodilative and hypotensive purpose: By dilating blood vessels, it causes a prolonged hypotensive purpose. Ancient Chinese thought that it could disperse stagnation and remove stasis, probably through its vasodilating actions. (4) Other purposes: It lowers cholesterol level and causes uterine contractions. Cyperus Rhizome Traditional Uses Restores the normal functioning of the depressed liver, regulates menses, controls pain, for Convulsions, amenorrhea, ante- and postpartum headache,ístagna-tion, epigastric pain, hematemesis, hematochezia, hematuria, functional bleeding, leukorrhea Scientific Research (1) Analgesic purpose: The ethanol extract increases rabbitsí pain threshold. (2) Uterine contraction-inhibiting purpose: The extract inhibits contraction of smooth muscles and decreases the tonicity of extirpated uteri, but its purpose is weaker than that of tang-kuei.
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