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Ginseng in China
Published in Joseph P. Hou, The Healing Power of Ginseng, 2019
Ginseng Tincture (Ren-shen chiu) Traditionally, tinctures are made by macerating the ground drug in a mixture of rice and leaven during the process of fermentation for producing spirit. However, the modern method of making tincture can be achieved by extracting the drug with wine or spirit to give an alcoholic tincture. The ginseng tincture preparation has been made in Chinese dispensatories, but it is not as popular as ginseng decoctions. However, the ginseng tincture mixed with tincture of Kou-chi (Lycium Chinense) and/or tincture of Lu-jung (Moaochasme savatieri) has been used for tonic purposes, especially, for sexual debility and impotence in males.5
Wolfberry (goji berry)
Published in Linda M. Castell, Samantha J. Stear (Nottingham), Louise M. Burke, Nutritional Supplements in Sport, Exercise and Health, 2015
Richard J. Godfrey, David S. Senchina
Wolfberry and goji berry are interchangeable terms for the red fruits of either of the two boxthorn plants in the potato family, Lycium barbarum (syn. Lycium halimifolium) and Lycium chinense. Both are important herbal components of traditional Chinese medicine, where they are often referred to as gou qi. The berries (i.e. fructus barbarum, fructus lycii) are used for both food and medicine whereas root bark (cortex lycii radicis) is used solely for medicine (Potterat, 2010). These plants should not be confused with Solanum lycocarpum, variously known as wolf’s apple, wolf’s fruit or fruit-of-the-wolf, which contains toxic alkaloids. Wolfberry fruits are the plant component used most often in sports supplements and contain several purported bioactive molecules including carotenoids, flavonoids, vitamins including plentiful vitamin C, sterols and polysaccharides (Potterat, 2010). Bioavailability studies suggest that, when berries are extracted in milk as in traditional Chinese medicine, zeaxanthins (a subclass of carotenoids) are found in the bloodstream, peaking at six hours post-ingestion (Benzie et al., 2006).
Comprehensive viewpoints on heart rate variability at high altitude
Published in Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 2023
Jun Hou, Keji Lu, Peiwen Chen, Peng Wang, Jing Li, Jiali Yang, Qing Liu, Qiang Xue, Zhaobing Tang, Haifeng Pei
Chinese herbal medicines are widely utilized in the prevention and treatment of hypoxia-related diseases due to their notable therapeutic effects and minimal adverse reactions. Rhodiola rosea is a prominent anti-altitude sickness drug that is extensively used for its ability to reduce oxygen consumption and enhance oxygen-carrying capacity. Chinese herbs like Salvia miltiorrhiza, Dracocephalum heterophyllum Benth, and Lycium chinense Miller also possess properties that reduce tissue and organ damage caused by hypoxia. They can alleviate the degree of hypoxia in the body, thus mitigating the symptoms of altitude sickness. Both animal and clinical trials have demonstrated that Rhodiola rosea and its extract can improve HRV (111–113). Similarly, Salvia polyphenolic acid salt and Compound Salvia injection have shown improvements in HRV in cases of elderly coronary heart disease and chronic heart failure (114,115). Apart from individual herbal medicines with notable efficacy, compound medications and combination therapies offer a more comprehensive approach for addressing high altitude hypoxia-related diseases. Time-Domain-Analysis-Methods have indicated that Buqi Zhitong decoction and Tongluo Anxin decoction have positive effects on improving HRV (116,117). However, there is still a lack of direct research on high altitude HRV specifically related to natural anti-altitude sickness drugs such as Cordyceps, Salvia, and Dracocephalum tanguticum.
A randomized, controlled study of treatment with ojayeonjonghwan for patients with late onset hypogonadism
Published in The Aging Male, 2020
Kyu Won Lee, Sang Rak Bae, Hyun Cheol Jeong, Jin Bong Choi, Sae Woong Choi, Woong Jin Bae, Su Jin Kim, Hyuk Jin Cho, U-Syn Ha, Sung-Hoo Hong, Sae Woong Kim
The efficacy of the five herbal mixtures constituting KH-204 is generally known as follows: Cornus Officinalis Sieb. Et Zucc had effect to bladder overactivity, diabetes and related diabetic nephropathy, neuroprotection, inflammation and erectile dysfunction [21–25]. Lycium chinense Mill. had benefit of hepatoprotection, antihypertensive effect, vision protection. Rubuscoreanus Migquel had anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant effects and erectile function [26–29]. Cuscutachinensis Lamark was characterized anti-oxidant activities [30,31]. Schizandra chinensis Baillon had beneficial effects for fatigue, diabetes, lipid metabolism, antioxidant [32,33]. Previous animal model studies reported that KH-204 activates the nitric oxide pathway and has a preventive effect on oxidative stress [34–36]. It is well known that antioxidant effect and activation of the nitric oxide pathway plays an important role in erectile dysfunction, which accounts for a large proportion of LOH-related symptoms.
Lycium chinense Mill improves hypogonadism via anti-oxidative stress and anti-apoptotic effect in old aged rat model
Published in The Aging Male, 2020
Hyun Cheol Jeong, Seung Hwan Jeon, Zhu Guan Qun, Fahad Bashraheel, Sae Woong Choi, Su Jin Kim, Woong Jin Bae, Hyuk Jin Cho, U-Syn Ha, Sung Hoo Hong, Ji Youl Lee, Seong Bin Hong, Sae Woong Kim
Advances in medicine have prolonged the human lifespan, and the proportion of the world’s population aged 60 years and older is growing faster than any other age group. In addition, obesity, which is known to provide an important cause of LOH, is still growing nowadays [15]. Treatment of male LOH is important because the associated reduction in testosterone is accompanied by symptoms such as loss of muscle mass and strength, decreasing libido, erectile dysfunction, and emotional changes [3–7]. Hormone replacement therapy is widely used to treat LOH. Injections, patches, and a gel formulation are mainly used, but these hormone replacements induce higher androgen levels than physiologically normal, their action time is unstable, and they have side effects on the skin. There is, therefore, the demand for products that have minimal side-effects but that are effective. Among traditional herbal products, goji berry (Lycium chinense P. Mill) has drawn attention due to its antioxidant effects [9,10]. We established an animal model of LOH to evaluate the effects of goji berry on LOH.