Polygala extract is an active ingredient extracted from the dried roots of Polygala or Polygala ovata, a plant of the Polygalaceae family.
Main ingredients of Polygala extract
Saponins: such as Polygala saponins A, B, C, D, E, etc., are one of the main active ingredients of Polygala extract, and have a variety of pharmacological activities, such as expectorant and sedative effects.
Oligosaccharide esters: including Polygala tenuifolia saponins, etc., have a certain regulatory effect on the nervous system and play an important role in improving learning and memory.
Ketones: such as Polygala ketone, etc., have biological activities such as antioxidants, which help to reduce oxidative damage to cells.
Other ingredients: It also contains alkaloids, sugars, resins and other ingredients. These ingredients work synergistically, making Polygala extract have a wide range of medicinal value.
Appearance and properties: Usually brown to brown powder, with a special smell, slightly bitter and slightly spicy.
Effects of Polygala extract
Effects on the nervous system
Calming and calming the nerves: It can inhibit the excitability of the central nervous system, reduce spontaneous activities, and has a sedative and hypnotic effect. It can be used to treat insomnia, dreaminess, palpitations and other symptoms.
Improving cognition: It can promote the growth and repair of nerve cells, enhance the transmission function of nerve synapses, improve learning and memory ability, and have a certain improvement effect on cognitive impairment diseases such as Alzheimer's disease.
Effects on the respiratory system
Expectorant and cough-relieving: It stimulates the gastric mucosa and reflexively causes increased bronchial secretion, dilutes sputum, and makes it easier to cough up, thereby playing an expectorant role. At the same time, it has a certain inhibitory effect on the cough center and can relieve cough symptoms.
Other effects
Antibacterial and anti-inflammatory: It has a certain inhibitory effect on a variety of bacteria and viruses, such as antibacterial activity against Pneumococcus and Staphylococcus aureus, can reduce inflammatory reactions, and can be used to treat inflammatory diseases such as respiratory infections.
Antioxidant: It can remove free radicals in the body, reduce oxidative stress reactions, reduce the degree of lipid peroxidation, protect cells from oxidative damage, and help delay aging and prevent a variety of chronic diseases.
Application of Polygala Extract
Medical Field
Chinese Medicine Prescriptions: In traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions, Polygala is often used in combination with other medicines, such as Acorus calamus and Poria cocos, to treat symptoms such as confusion and forgetfulness caused by phlegm; it is used in combination with Ziziphus jujuba seeds and Platycladus orientalis seeds to treat insomnia and dreaminess caused by disharmony between the heart and kidney.
Modern Preparations: It is made into modern pharmaceutical preparations such as tablets, capsules, and oral liquids for the clinical treatment of neurasthenia, insomnia, bronchitis and other diseases. For example, some Chinese patent medicines for calming the nerves and nourishing the brain often contain Polygala extract.
Health Products Field
Brain Health Products: Because it has the effect of improving cognitive function, it is often added to health products for brain health and intelligence, suitable for students, office workers, middle-aged and elderly people to take, in order to improve memory and enhance brain power.
Sleep Health Products: Using its sedative and calming effect, it is used to make health products for improving sleep, helping people relieve insomnia symptoms and improve sleep quality.
Cosmetics field
Whitening skin care products: The antioxidant effect of Polygala extract can reduce the production of melanin and inhibit the activity of tyrosinase, thus having a certain whitening effect. It is often added to whitening creams, essences and other skin care products.
Anti-aging skin care products: Its antioxidant ingredients help to remove free radicals, reduce skin wrinkles and sagging, and delay skin aging, so it is also used in anti-wrinkle and anti-aging cosmetics.
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