American ginseng extract is a natural product with many health benefits, the following is a detailed introduction to it:
1. Basic Information
Chinese name: American ginseng extract
Foreign name: Radix Quinquefolii
Alias: American ginseng, Ginseng, Western ginseng, American ginseng, Cantonese ginseng
Category：Tonic medicine
Plant Origin: The dried root of Panax quinquefolium L., family Wugangaceae. American ginseng, also known as American ginseng, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the family Panaxaceae, mainly produced in the United States, Canada and other North American countries.
2. Main Effects
Replenish qi and nourish yin: American ginseng extract has the effect of replenishing qi and nourishing yin, which helps to improve the symptoms of physical weakness and yin deficiency and fire.
Clearing away heat and promoting generation of body fluid: It can clear away heat and promote generation of body fluid, which is suitable for symptoms such as fever, thirst and dry throat.
Sedative and tranquilizing: Extract of American ginseng has a bi-directional regulating effect on the central nervous system, and has certain sedative and tranquilizing effects, which helps to improve insomnia, anxiety and other symptoms.
Antioxidant: Its antioxidant effect is mainly due to the integration of metal ions and the scavenging of free radicals, which helps to delay aging and protect cells from oxidative damage.
Antiviral: American ginseng extract can inhibit herpes simplex virus, etc. It has certain antiviral ability.
Improve immunity: It contains a variety of active ingredients, such as saponin compounds and polysaccharides, which can stimulate the proliferation of lymphocytes and promote the activation of macrophages, thus enhancing the immune function of the body.
Anti-fatigue: It helps to enhance the specific defense ability of the body against various harmful stimuli and improve the state of body fatigue.
Regulate blood pressure: American ginseng extract can assist in regulating blood pressure and is suitable for hypertensive patients.
Promote metabolism: It helps to promote fat metabolism and sugar metabolism, and maintain the health of the body.
3. Purification Technology
The purification technology of American ginseng is an important part of the processing and extraction process of traditional Chinese medicine, mainly including the following methods:
Macroporous resin adsorption extraction technology: adsorption and separation through the use of macroporous resin columns to improve the content of active ingredients, while reducing impurities.
Ethanol extraction method: after crushing American ginseng into coarse powder, add ethanol solution for heating and extraction to get concentrated and dried extract.
Ultrasonic-assisted extraction: using the mechanical effect and cavitation effect of ultrasonic wave to accelerate the solvent dissolution and release of the active ingredients in the material.
Microwave-assisted extraction: the use of microwave heating characteristics to promote the mass transfer process between the solvent and the material to accelerate the extraction of active ingredients.
Supercritical fluid extraction: using supercritical fluid (such as CO2) as a solvent to extract the active ingredients of plants, with good selectivity, high extraction efficiency, no solvent residue and other advantages.