Red peony root extract is an effective ingredient extracted from the dried roots of red peony root or Sichuan red peony root of Ranunculaceae.
Main ingredients of red peony root extract
Paeoniflorin: It is one of the most important ingredients with a high content in red peony root extract, and has multiple pharmacological activities, such as anti-inflammatory, analgesic, and immunomodulatory effects.
Peoniflorin: It belongs to the monoterpenoid glycosides and plays a certain role in protecting cardiovascular and improving blood rheology.
Oxidized peoniflorin: It has antioxidant effects and can help reduce the damage of free radicals to the body.
Other ingredients: It also contains ingredients such as benzoylpeoniflorin and gallic acid, as well as some trace elements, amino acids and other nutrients.
Appearance and properties: It is generally brown to light brown powder with a slight fragrance and a slightly bitter and sour taste.
Effects of red peony root extract
Effects on the blood system
Anticoagulation: It can inhibit the aggregation and adhesion of platelets, reduce the viscosity of blood, and reduce the risk of thrombosis. It has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of thrombotic diseases such as coronary heart disease and cerebral infarction.
Improve microcirculation: It can dilate blood vessels, increase blood perfusion of local tissues, improve microcirculation disorders, and help relieve symptoms such as pain and numbness caused by poor blood circulation.
Anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects
Anti-inflammatory: It has an inhibitory effect on a variety of inflammatory models, can reduce the release of inflammatory mediators, and reduce inflammatory reactions. For example, it has a certain therapeutic effect on inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis.
Analgesia: By regulating the function of the nervous system, increasing the pain threshold, and exerting analgesic effects, it can be used to relieve pain caused by dysmenorrhea, trauma, etc.
Effects on the immune system
Immunomodulation: It can not only enhance the body's immune defense function, promote the proliferation and differentiation of lymphocytes, but also play an inhibitory role when the immune system is hyperactive, so that the immune function is in a balanced state, and has a certain regulatory effect on autoimmune diseases.
Antioxidant effect
It can remove excessive free radicals in the body, reduce oxidative stress damage, reduce the degree of lipid peroxidation, protect cells from oxidative damage, help delay aging, and prevent diseases related to oxidative stress, such as cardiovascular disease and neurodegenerative diseases.
Application of of red peony root extract
Medical field
Application of traditional prescriptions: In clinical Chinese medicine, red peony root is often used in combination with other drugs, such as peach kernel, safflower, etc., to treat gynecological diseases such as amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis; it is used in combination with honeysuckle, forsythia, etc. to treat carbuncle and ulcer caused by heat toxicity.
Modern drug research and development: A variety of drugs have been developed using red peony root extract as raw material, such as some injections for the treatment of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases; there are also oral preparations for the treatment of chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis and other diseases to improve blood circulation in the liver and reduce inflammatory damage.
Health care products field
Beauty care products: Based on its antioxidant and blood circulation-improving effects, it is used to develop health care products with beauty care effects, which can help improve skin color, reduce the formation of spots, and delay skin aging.
Cardiovascular health products: Due to its protective effect on the blood system and cardiovascular system, it is often added to cardiovascular health products, which helps to lower blood lipids and prevent arteriosclerosis.
Cosmetics
Anti-acne skin care products: Taking advantage of its anti-inflammatory effect, it can be used in anti-acne products to help reduce the inflammatory response of acne, promote the disappearance of acne, and reduce the formation of acne marks.
Soothing skin care products: For sensitive skin, red peony root extract has a certain soothing effect, which can reduce skin redness, swelling, itching and other discomfort symptoms, and is often added to soothing and repairing skin care products.
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