Astragalus Extract: Improve Your Immunity

Astragalus extract is the concentrated dry powder purified by water from the dry root and rhizome of legumes. The main active ingredients include astragaloside (0.0% -10%), Astragalus polysaccharides (20-50%), and Calycosin-7-glucoside (0.01% -5%). The Pharmacopoeia shows that Astragalus extract has the the efficacy of nourish vitality and invigorating splentic yang, strengthening exterior and reducing sweat, inducing diuresis for removing edema, and regenerating boday fluid and nourishing blood. At present, the active ingredients of astragaloside has attracted global attention.

Production Process:

Dig it in spring and autumn, remove the fibrous root and root apex and dry it, add solvent at 80 centigrade and extract it for 3 times, filtrate it, concentrate the filtrate at 70 centigrade to clear paste with the relative density of 1.18 to 1.22 (50 centigrade ), spray dry, then the Astragalus polysaccharide will be obtained. For high content of astragaloside, the purification, refinement and other processes will be needed.

Main efficacy:

1.For immune system:

Astragalus extract can improve the body immunity and has the two-way regulation: recover the body when the immune function is too low and suppress the body when the the immune function is too high, keeping the body in physiological balance.

2. For cardiovascular disease:

Astragalus saponin has cardiac effect of enhancing the cardiomyocyte lactate dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase content. The experiments show that astragaloside can significantly improve the heart contractility of myocardial infarction and improve coronary flow with a protective effect on cardiac function.

Astragalus extract has the effect of dilating blood vessels and coronary arteries. Astragalus extract can promote vascular endothelial cell migration and added value in varying degree and accelerate the process of angiogenesis.

3.Anti-aging:

Astragalus extract can prevent senile arteriosclerosis and improve the lung function of aging. Studies have shown that astragalus extract has the good effect of life extension. It is worth of high attention and development as a anti-aging drug.

4. For the urinary system

Astragalus extract has the mild diuretic effect of inhibiting nephritis and reducing renal lesion by significantly reduce the amount of protein in the urine.

5.For liver function

Astragalus extract can protect the liver and prevent hepatic glycogen reduction, deducing the liver injury. Astragaloside is the effective component of anti-hepatotoxic injury of astragalus extract.

6. Antiviral effect

Astragalus extract can promote virus-induced and self-induced interferon. It has broad-spectrum antiviral effect with a significant confrontation of influenza virus, sindbis virus, and coxsackie virus etc.

7.For cerebrovascular diseases

Astragalus extract can dilate the brain blood vessels, increase cerebral blood flow, improve cerebral microcirculation, reduce blood viscosity, reduce platelet aggregation, enhance red blood cell deformability, remove free radical antioxidant, and enhance brain cell anoxia tolerance capacity. Regulate blood pressure and decrease brain edema, protecting brain cells and enhancing the repair function of damaged brain cells.

The application of astragalus extract

Astragalus extract has been use in healthy care and medicines. It is used as tincture and capsules/tablets according to the instructions of manufacturers. Pincredit provide domestic and international health care manufacturing enterprises with high-quality astragalus extract.

Notice for taking astragalus extract:

1.Because Astragalus extract can increase the effect of certain antiviral drugs. People taking this medicine should consult a doctor before using.

2.Astragalus extract may interfere with the immune system suppressants that are prescribed to people who receive organ transplants, so it should not be used by these patients.

3.Because of its anticoagulant activity, Astragalus extract may increase the risk of bleeding by taking a thinner of blood, such as coumarin. Do not take surgery before or after, as it may increase bleeding for people taking blood thinners such as Coumadin. Do not take before or after surgery as it could increase bleeding.

4.Astragalus extract is not recommended when there is acute diarrhea; it is not a problem if there is chronic mild diarrhea.

5.Taking large concentrated amounts for a prolonged period, in the form of extracts or capsules, may cause abdominal and chest tension in some people.