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The health benefits and applications of ginseng extract, the king of all herbs
Ginseng
Ginseng Extract Ginseng is the dried root and rhizome of PanaxginsengC.A.Mey., family Wujia. Ginseng has been used in Chinese medicine as a good medicine for a variety of physiological functions, including anti-inflammatory, anti-sugar and anti-obesity effects, and is known as the "King of All Herbs" and as a raw material for "nourishing yin and tonicity, supporting integrity and strengthening the root". It is also one of the "Three Treasures of the Northeast".
It has been used for at least 2000 years, from Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Typhoid" in the Later Han Dynasty to Sun Simiao's "Thousand Gold Emergency Recipes" in the Tang Dynasty, to Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Ming Dynasty and Zhang Jiebin's "Jing Yue Quan Shu" in the Ming Dynasty, all of which contain the medicinal properties of ginseng and prescriptions for its use.
Health benefits
Ginseng has a long history of use in Chinese medicine. Ginseng extracts contain saponins, ginsenosides, essential oils, polyacetyl alcohols, peptides, vitamins and polysaccharides. These components have various beneficial pharmacological effects such as anti-allergy, anti-inflammatory, anti-fatigue, anti-stress and immunomodulatory activities. In addition, ginsenosides have an astringent effect that regulates the dermal water balance and inhibits the formation of melanin, leaving the skin smooth, supple and white.
Applications
Health food industry: Ginseng is a medicinal herb of the same origin as food, and nowadays ginseng extract is often used in various health foods and is widely used in clinical applications.
Daily chemical industry: Ginseng extract added to shampoo can make the capillaries of the head dilate, which can increase the nutrition of hair, improve the toughness of hair, reduce hair loss, hair breakage and have a protective effect on damaged hair.
Cosmetics industry: Ginseng extract can inhibit the reduction of melanin, make the skin white and smooth, enhance skin elasticity and make the cells get new life, it is a common ingredient in high-end cosmetics.
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