new vita® Herbal IngredientsAchieve Better Health in Weeks Sargassum Traditional Uses Disperses accumulated phlegm, disperses goiter and tumor, delivers water, cleanses heat, for Scrofula, goiter, tumor, edema, testicular pain and swelling Scientific Research (1) Anticoagulant purpose: The anticoagulant constituent possesses the same anticoagulation action as that of heparin and is not easily decomposed by heat. (2) Antifungal purpose: The aqueous extract inhibits various dermatophytes in vitro. (3) Hypotensive purpose: It lowers blood cholesterol level and blood pressure. Saussurea 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 content" in Inula 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. Schisandra FruitTraditional Uses Actions; Astringes the lungs, nourishes the kidneys, promotes secretion of fluids, controls hyperhidrosis, controls seminal emission and diurrhea, for Dyspnea. and cough due to deficiency of the lungs, dryness in the mouth and thirst, spontaneous diaphoresis, nocturnal diaphoresis, nocturnal emission, insomnia, amnesia Scientific Research (1) Central nervous system-stimulating purpose: It excites the central nervous system and increases brain efficiency, and regulates the cardiovascular system to improve blood circulation. The tincture of the herb is most potent as compared to other kinds of extract. The ether extracts possess tranquilizing actions because gomisin A inhibits the central nervous system. (2) Antitussive and expectorant purposes: The ether extract possesses these actions. Gomisin A has antitussive action. (3) Purpose on the uterus: It stimulates uterine smooth muscle, causing an increase in uterine rhythmic contraction (4) Antibacterial purpose: The decoction possesses strong inhibitory action on Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus dysenteriae, Bacillus typhi, and Staphylococcus aureus. (5) Cardiotonic purpose: The tincture is cardiotonic to the frog heart both in vitro and in viva, and causes stronger contractions and more complete relaxation. (6) Other purposes: Schizandrin possesses analgesic action, inhibits gastric secretion, and promotes bile secretion; Gomisin A markedly inhibits the rising values of (GOT and GPT in serum due to liver dysfunction. SchizonepetaTraditional Uses Dispels wind, resolves surface, controls bleeding, for Fever due to common cold, headache, laryngitis, carbuncle, tumor, postpartum syncope due to blood disorders, epistaxis, hematochezia Scientific Research (1) Sudorific and antipyretic purposes: The decoction has an antipyretic purpose on an animal in which a fever is artifically induced. (2) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro, it inhibits the growth of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. (3) Antiphlogistic purpose: It stimulates the degradation and absorption of diseased tissue of the skin. (4) Hemostatic purpose: It shortens blood coagulation time. Scrophlaria Root Traditional Uses Nourishes yin, dispels heat, purges fire, removes toxin, for Febrile diseases, impairment of yin, thirst, constipation, macula, swollen and sore throat, carbuncle, scrofula Scientific Research (1) Vasodilating purpose: The extract dilates blood vessels, stimulates blood circulation, and possesses antiphlogistic purposes. Scutellaria Root Traditional Uses Cleanses heat, dries moisture, purges fire, removes toxin, prevents spontaneous abortion, for All febrile diseases, jaundice, dysentery, gastroenteritis, water retention, furuncle, carbuncle, inflammation, feeling of fullness in the chest, hypochondria, loss of appetite; vomiting, headache due to hypertension, insomnia, hypertension Scientific Research (1) Antiallergic purpose: Baicalein and baicalin destroy the SH enzyme system of macrocytes, thereby inhibiting the release of antibodies and preventing an allergic response. Therefore it relieves dermatitis, asthma, and tracheal constriction due to allergy. (2) Purpose on the gallbladder: The extract increases the secretion of bile in dogs and rabbits. Baicalein is more purposeive than baicalin in this action while wogonin has no purpose. (3) Diuretic purpose: Baicalein is most purposeive in inducing diuresis, while wogonin is second and baicalin last. (4) Hypotensive purpose: Intravenous or intramuscular injection of the extract of baicalin lowers the blood pressure of anesthetized dogs, cats, and rabbits. It acts on the vascular receptors, thus directly dilating blood vessels and inducing hypotensive action. (5) Antibacterial purpose: In vitro, it inhibits Bacillus dysenteriae, Bacillus diptheriae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, and Diplococcus pneumoniae. (6) Antiviral purpose: In vitro, it inhibits the epidemic influenza virus PR8. (7) Antifungal purpose: In vitro, it inhibits various dermatophytes. (8) Tranquilizing purpose: Because baicalin inhibits the cortex of the mouse cerebrum, it suppresses the spontaneous activities of mice. (9) Antipyretic purpose: The extract lowers body temperature of rabbits with fevers induced by injecting typhoid vaccine, but other animal studies do not show this purpose. Spiny Jujube Kernel Traditional Uses Nourishes the liver, calms the heart and spirit, controls hyperhidrosis, and reinforces yin, for Fidgets due to deficiency, insomnia, diaphoresis due to deficiency Scientific Research (1) Sedative purpose: It inhibits the central nervous system and exerts stable sedative action. The raw seed is much more potent that its fried seed, which has lost its oily component and thus does not have sedative action. There is a report that the aqueous component has sleep-inducing properties. (2) Hypotensive action: Animal studies have indicated that it causes a persistent lowering of blood pressure. (3) Uterine purpose: Because it stimulates the uterus, pregnant women should take care in using it. (4) Other purposes: It causes a blockage of nerve impulses. Tana Kuei Root.
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