new vita® Herbal Ingredients

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Ophiopogon Tuber

Traditional Uses

Cleanses yin, moistens dryness, removes heat, resolves phlegm, increases salivation, quenches thirst, moistens lungs, controls cough, for Impairment of body fluids due to febrile diseases, fidgets and restlessness, thirst, dry throat, hematemesis, constipation due to lack of body fluids

Scientific Research

(1) It has antipyretic, antitussive, expectorant, diuretic, cardiotonic, and tonify-ing purposes.
(2) Blood sugar-lowering purpose: The aqueous extract lowers blood pressure for quite aí long period of time in both normal rabbits and those haying alloxan-induced diabetes.
(3) Anti-inflammatory purpose: In mice, the ethanol extract inhibits swelling of feet caused, by carrageenin.
(4) Antibacterial action: In vitro it possesses quite a strong inhibitory action on Staphylococcus albus, Escherlchia coli, and Bacillus typhi.

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Pearls

Traditional Uses

Tranquilizes spirit, stabilizes fright, reduces heat, removes toxin, as-tringes, promotes tissue regeneration, for Convulsions due to wind, epilepsy, restlessness of the mind and spirit, irritable fever with thirst, sore throat, oral lesions; (external treatment) ocular nebula, persistent ulcer

Scientific Research

(1) Gastric acid-neutralizing purpose: Its active constituent is calcium carbonate.
(2) Antihistamine purpose: The hydrolyte of the outer layer of pearls catalyzed by sulfuric acid inhibits contraction of the intestinal tract due to histamine and also prevents death in guinea pigs due to histamine shock.
(3) Antiallergic purpose: It prevents allergic responses in guinea pigs injected with horse serum.
(4) Diuretic purpose: It can temporarily cause experimental rabbits to increase urinary volume.

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Perilla Leaf

Traditional Uses

Induces diaphoresis, dispels heat, moves chíi to relieve intestinal gas, removes fish and crab toxins, strengthens the stomach, for Common cold due to wind-cold, cough and dyspnea, distention and fullness in the chest and abdomen

Scientific Research

(1) Sleep-prolonging purpose: The extract increases the duration of sleep.
(2) Antipyretic purpose: The liquid extract has a slight antipyretic purpose on febrile rabbits injected with typhoid vaccine.
(3) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro, it inhibits the proliferation of staphylococcus bacteria.

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Plantago Seed

Traditional Uses

Regulates water metabolism, removes heat, clears vision, disperses phlegm, controls cough, for Gonorrhea, ocular disorders

Scientific Research

(1) Diuretic purpose: It increases the secretion of water, urea, sodium chloride, and uric acid.
(2) Antitussive and expectorant purpose: It acts on the center controlling breathing, and increases the secretion of mucus, thus exerting expectorant action.

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Platycodon Root

Traditional Uses

Ventilates and smoothes the lungs, disperses cold, resolves phlegm, drains pus, for Cough due to external pathogenic factors, sore throat, tonsillitis

Scientific Research

(1) Expectorant purpose: It promotes salivary and bronchial secretions.
(2) Antilussive purpose: The 20%decoction treats coughing in mice caused by ammonia.
(3) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro it is bacteriostatic to fungi, for example tinea alba.
(4) Other purposes: Crude platycodon exertsits tranquilizing,analglgesic, and antipyretic properties by inhibiting the central nervous system: it also possesses anti-inflammatory, vasodilating, and hypotensive actions.

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Polygala Root

Traditional Uses

Tranquilizes spirit, removes phlegm, disperses tumor, for Palpitation, amnesia, excessive dreaming, insomnia, cough due to cold-phlegm, painful swelling due to damp-phlegm

Scientific Research

(1) Nauseant and expectorant purpose: Its saponin content can irritate gastric mucosa, causing slight nausea and reflex bronchial secretion. This purpose is weak, but patients with gastritis and gastric ulcer should avoid using it.
(2) Antibacterial purpose: The ethanol extract markedly inhibits, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, and Bacillus tuberculosis.
(3) Other purposes: It has hemolytic action. The aqueous extract increases uterine contraction and muscle tone in experimental animals.

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Polygonatum Rhizome

Traditional Uses

Supplements the stomach and spleen, replenishes chíi, tonifies spleen, moistens lungs, nourishes sperm and bone marrow, for General deficiency and impairment, dry cough, thirst, debility

Scientific Research

(1) Hypoglycemic purpose: Rabbits given the extract orally manifest a blood sugar level which first gradually rises and then falls.
(2) Hypotensive purpose: The extract lowers the blood pressure of anesthetized animals.
(3) Antibacterial purpose: The extract inhibits the growth of Bacillus typhi and Staphylococcus aureus.
(4) Antifungal purpose: The extract inhibits the growth of dermatophytes.

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Poria

Traditional Uses

Promotes diuresis, eliminates dampness, strengthens spleen, harmonizes the middle warmer, tranquilizes the heart, soothes the nerves, and pacifies the spirit

Scientific Research

(1) Diuretic purpose: Animal studies show it has a diuretic purpose, presumably by inhibiting the reabsorption of renal tubules, thus increasing the secretion of sodium, potassium, and chloride electrolytes.
(2) Nutritive purpose: Its nutritive constituents enhance the spleen and tonify the middle part of the body.
(3) Tranquilizing purpose: It has a calming action.
(4) Other purposes: It decreases blood sugar level, relaxes the extirpated intestines of rabbits, and slightly lessens the formation of gastric ulcer.

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