Can Astragalus and Gynostemma be soaked together?

Astragalus has the effect of enhancing immunity and can improve some immune functions of the body. It has a very obvious effect. At the same time, many people are often infected with viruses and bacteria because of low immunity, and Astragalus can resist these viruses and bacteria and kill bad cells. Astragalus has many functions, but many people are more concerned about whether it can be eaten together with Gynostemma pentaphyllum.

Astragalus Benefits

Enhance Immune Function Astragalus can enhance the phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system, significantly increase the number of blood white blood cells and multinuclear leukocytes, and significantly increase the phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index of macrophages, and promote both humoral immunity and cellular immunity. After normal people take it, plasma IgM and IgE increase significantly, and the whole herb has the best effect. Astragalus can promote the formation of serum hemolysin, enhance the hemolytic ability of plaque-forming cells, and has obvious carbon particle clearance effect and the effect of increasing spleen weight.

The above effects exist under normal physiological conditions and also have obvious effects when the immune function is low. Astragalus not only has a strengthening effect on low immune function, but also has a bidirectional regulatory effect. The active ingredient F3 of Astragalus membranaceus was shown to have a complete restorative effect on the lymphocyte function of cancer patients in in vitro experiments, and was shown to completely reverse the immunosuppression caused by cyclophosphamide in in vivo animal model experiments, suggesting that Astragalus membranaceus components may be a very promising biological response modifier in immunotherapy.

Astragalus can enhance the activity of natural killer cells (LAK) activated by lymphokine (interleukin-2). Astragalus has the effects of invigorating Qi and strengthening the exterior, astringing sweat and preventing loss of body fluids, supporting sores and promoting tissue regeneration, and promoting diuresis and reducing swelling. It is used to treat fatigue due to qi deficiency, sinking of qi in the middle, prolapse of the anus due to long-term diarrhea, bloody stool and metrorrhagia, spontaneous sweating due to superficial deficiency, carbuncles that are difficult to heal, long-term ulcers that do not heal, blood deficiency and sallow complexion, internal heat and thirst, chronic nephritis, proteinuria, diabetes, etc. Roasted Astragalus membranaceus can replenish Qi and nourish the middle, while raw Astragalus membranaceus can strengthen the exterior and support sores.

The role of Jiaogulan

Lowering blood lipids: Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea has the effects of significantly lowering cholesterol (TCH), triglycerides (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL), protecting the vascular lining cells, preventing lipid deposition in the blood vessel wall, and resisting arteriosclerosis.

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Regulating blood pressure and preventing and treating thrombosis: Gynostemma pentaphyllum tea has the obvious effect of reducing blood viscosity and regulating blood pressure. At the same time, it can prevent the formation of microthrombi and increase the tolerance of myocardial cells to hypoxia, thereby protecting the myocardium.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum can protect the adrenal glands, thymus and endocrine organs, preventing them from atrophy with age and maintaining the normal function of the endocrine system. It is precisely because of this effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum that it has the effect of lowering blood sugar and improving sugar metabolism, making it an ideal medicine and health product for diabetics.

The efficacy of Gynostemma pentaphyllum

Thrombosis is caused by a variety of factors. Both in vivo and in vitro experiments have shown that Gynostemma pentaphyllum extract has good disintegration or inhibition functions on thrombi formed by a variety of factors, indicating that Gynostemma pentaphyllum is an anti-thrombotic drug with multiple functions such as inhibiting platelet function, coagulation function and red blood cell aggregation.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum can enhance macrophage ability, significantly increase the number of white blood cells, while increasing the phagocytic function of white blood cells themselves, promoting the secretion of interleukins in the body, and increasing the production of serum immune proteins.

Gynostemma pentaphyllum can protect the adrenal glands, thymus and endocrine organs, preventing them from atrophy with age and maintaining the normal function of the endocrine system. It is precisely because of this effect of Gynostemma pentaphyllum that it has the effect of lowering blood sugar and improving sugar metabolism, making it an ideal medicine and health product for diabetics.