Epimedium is a commonly used Chinese medicine with high medicinal value, perennial herb, plant height 20-60 cm, rhizome thick and short, lignified, dark brown, stem erect, angular, glabrous, usually without basal leaves, distributed in Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, etc., born on mountain slopes, undergrowth of grass under the forest, preferring shady and wet areas. Nourishes yin and tonifies yang, strengthens yang and body.
Icariin 20%
Stem and leaves contain epimedium glucoside (icariin), epimedium glycoside A (epinedoside A); rhizome and roots contain noricarliin, epimedium liposide (I-cariresinol). Epimedium is a traditional Chinese medicine tonic, with tonic yang kidney, strong disk bone, dispel wind-dampness, used for impotence and spermatorrhea, disk bone impotence and softness, rheumatism and paralysis numbness and contracture, menopausal hypertension. It can effectively inhibit staphylococcus and anti-aging. Epimedium glycoside is one of its active ingredients, which can effectively improve the cardiovascular system, adjust the endocrine secretion and improve the endocrine secretion. In addition, it is of special concern that Epimedium also has anticancer effects and has been described as the most promising anticancer drug.
Epimedium 98%
Effects of Epimedium Extract:
1. It has mild inhibitory effect on Neisseria catarrhalis, S. pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and 1% concentration has bacteriostatic effect on Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
2. Cough suppressant, expectorant and asthma effect:
In the various preparations of Epimedium, the fresh extract C of stem and leaves and Epimedium compound Ⅱ (Epimedium: Eucalyptus: Pelargonium = 8:2:1) have certain expectorant effect (phenol red method in mice), ethyl acetate extract is initially believed to have an antitussive effect (SO2-induced coughing method in mice), and the asthmatic effect on guinea pig bronchial asthma is not satisfactory enough.
3.Other effects:
Epimedium extract has antihypertensive effect on rabbits, a small amount of urine secretion increase, a large number of the opposite inhibition, the isolated rabbit intestines have an inhibitory effect, the isolated uterus is the first excitement and then inhibit, orally can make hyperglycemic rats blood glucose drop, Epimedium contains vitamin E (chicken identification method).
The decoction and alcoholic solution of Xian Ling Spleen (Arrowleaf Epimedium) can bring down blood pressure in anesthetized rabbits, normal and renal hypertensive rats. It is believed that the principle of lowering blood pressure in Xian Ling Spleen is mainly due to peripheral vasodilatation, and it is also believed that it is mainly due to the inhibition of vasomotor center. Erxian Combination (xianlingtian, huangbai, angelica, Zhimu, xianmao, bazhongtian) on anesthetized cats, dogs, acute experiments and hypertensive dogs have shown antihypertensive effect, on the rat neurological, renal, testicular resection type hypertension has a significant antihypertensive effect on the adrenal scalded rats and ovariectomized type of antihypertensive is not significant, after a preliminary analysis of Erxian Combination of huangbai and xianlingtian as the main antihypertensive components.
Main Efficacy of Epimedium Extract:
1. Immune system
Epimedium polysaccharide has the effect of enhancing the immune function of the body, can enhance and maintain the normal adrenal cortex function and immune function.
2.Anti-aging
Epimedium affects the aging mechanism from different aspects, which can delay the aging process and prevent the occurrence of age-related diseases. For example, it affects the cell transmission, prolongs the growth period, regulates the immune and secretion system, and improves the metabolism of the body and the function of various organs.
3. On cardiovascular
With the extract of Epimedium, reduce cerebrovascular resistance, have a certain protective effect on myocardial ischemia caused by pituitary posterior lobe hormone, have scientific basis for the treatment of coronary heart disease, angina pectoris.
4.Effect on blood
Epimedium polysaccharide inhibits platelet aggregation reaction, can inhibit thrombosis; and can promote the differentiation and proliferation of a variety of blood cells, promote hematopoietic function.
5.Promote metabolism
Epimedium has the effect of promoting DNA synthesis.
6.Anti-osteoporosis
Experiments have proved that Epimedium has the effect of promoting the synthesis of DNA in bone marrow cells, and it has the effect of "replenishing bone", which has a good effect on the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.