Monday, April 9, 2012

Chinese Herbs In Western View - Jiao Gu Lan (Herba Gynostemma pentaphyllum) Health Benefits and Side Effects

Jiao Gu Lan or Qi Ye Dan or Wu Ye Shen is also known as Sweet tea vine, innate to the South western part of mainland China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia. Yunnan has the largest verse of species. The bitter, sweet and cold herb has been used in TCM to the degree that antiging, anti fatigue agent and to treat hypertension, liver diseases, headache, neuralgia, drop back pain, diabetes, kidney diseases, ulcer of stomach, etc, as it unspotted heat, get rid of toxins, tonifies the lung and kidnay, etc., the agency of enhancing the function of lung, animosity and kidney channels.

Ingredients
1. Ginsenoside
2. Malonic stinging
3. Rutin
4. Ombuin
5. Iron
6. Zinc
7. Copper
8. Manganese
9. Selenium
10. Calcium
11. Etc.

Health Benefits
1. Anti tumors
In the exploration of the effect of gypenoside, one active component of the Chinese herb Gynostemma pentaphyllum (Thumb) Makino, up the body human hepatoma cell lines (Hep3B and HA22T) showed that gypenoside inhibited the proliferation or viability of the Hep3B and HA22T cells in a prescribed portion-dependent manner, according to "Gypenoside induces apoptosis in human Hep3B and HA22T tumour cells"by Chen JC, Chung JG, Chen LD.(1)

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