Evening primrose*** scientific name: Oenothera biennis*** for the willowherb family evening primrose under the genus of a species. Evening primrose is also quite strong medicinal effects Oh, the following is my introduction to the efficacy and role of evening primrose, I hope to help you Oh.

Evening primrose can dispel wind and dampness, strong bones. The main wind and cold damp paralysis, soreness and weakness of the muscles and bones, activate blood circulation, calm the wind and calm the liver, reduce swelling and astringent sores. The main chest paralysis and heart pain, hemiplegia, stroke, false wind internal movement, pediatric hyperactivity, wind-dampness paresthesia, abdominal pain and diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, fox confusion, sores, eczema.

1. Lowering blood lipids and anti-atherosclerosis effect.

2. Weight loss: evening primrose oil can reduce the role of body fat accumulation.

3. Anti-fatty liver effect: Evening primrose oil and sodium salt have good anti-fatty liver effect. Significantly reduce triacylglycerol content in fatty liver, inhibit the occurrence of fatty liver.

4. Anti-arrhythmic effect.

5. Anti-inflammatory effect: evening primrose oil significantly inhibits inflammation caused by a variety of inflammatory agents.

6. Other effects: Evening primrose oil can resist platelet aggregation and prevent thrombosis. Evening primrose flowers beautiful, often cultivated for ornamental purposes. Flowers can be extracted aromatic oil, seeds can be pressed oil edible and medicinal, stem bark fiber can be made of rope.

Evening Primrose

One, endocrine regulation, ovarian health

Evening Primrose oil can provide the body with a wealth of essential fatty acids to synthesize a variety of hormones, supplementation of Evening Primrose can indirectly regulate the balance of the endocrine system, which contributes to the maintenance of the ovaries.

Two, relieve the symptoms of menopause

Menopause is a physiological decline in ovarian function leading to a decrease in estrogen secretion, mainly manifested as insomnia, nervousness, irritability, depression, face hot flashes and excessive sweating, etc., menopausal women supplementation of natural evening primrose can balance the endocrine imbalance, relieve menopausal symptoms.

Three, relieve premenstrual syndrome

Evening primrose oil contains GLA can inhibit the rise in the concentration of prostaglandins that cause inflammation, reducing the adverse effects of premenstrual syndrome ***PMS***.

Four, anti-inflammatory

Evening primrose oil contains rich GLA is the precursor of PGE1, rheumatoid arthritis patients take, in the body can be directly synthesized into PGE1, can inhibit the release of Lysosomal enzymes, and *** immune system T lymphocytes, prompting the normal function of the autoimmune function, as long as the patient's own immune function to return to normal, inflammatory factors are suppressed. factor is suppressed. Therefore, evening primrose has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Five, anti-allergy

If the child suffers from eczema, asthma and allergy symptoms, can be used to apply evening primrose oil on the panel of the more tender places, such as the abdomen and inner thighs. Because it is better absorbed, it can improve many symptoms. Adults can take evening primrose oil orally to improve the allergic reactions of atopic patients.

Six, anti-tumor

Oil is thought to have, the study found that GLA has the ability to impede the fusion of normal vascular cell endothelial degree and tumor endothelial cell reaction, which can be seen, evening primrose has an anti-tumor effect; at the same time, it can also slow down the development of the state of cancerous lesions.

Seven, reduce the incidence of diabetes

Evening primrose oil in addition to the elderly often suffer from cardiovascular disease has the role of prevention and treatment, for another elderly disease - diabetes is also very useful. Nerve atrophy is a common side effect of diabetes, and scientists have found that evening primrose oil has the ability to protect nerve cells and reduce the incidence of lesions.

Eight, reduce the incidence of blood clots

Evening primrose oil and deep-sea fish oil, are extremely polyunsaturated essential fatty acids, metabolism in the body in the process of replacing arachidonic acid in the body produces inflammatory endogenous factors, such as prostaglandins, white blood cell trienes and triggered by the coagulation reaction of the prothrombin, so in addition to the anti-inflammatory effects of the evening primrose oil also has a reduce the clotting reaction and prevent the formation of blood clots.

1.Allergic to the product is prohibited;

2.Bleeding disorders patients are prohibited;

3.Pregnant women are prohibited.

1. Lipid-lowering and anti-atherosclerotic effect: Evening Primrose oil 5ml/kg gavage can reduce high-fat feed-induced elevation of serum total cholesterol, LDL cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels in rats; and can significantly raise the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. For rabbits fed cholesterol plus lard formation of hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis, evening primrose oil 0.1~0.3ml/kg gavage for 8 weeks; evening primrose oil fatty acid sodium salt 4.1g/kg, 150 days of continuous gavage, visible animal aortic plaque formation significantly reduced, evening primrose oil inhibition rate of 47.6%~73.5%.

2. Weight loss: evening primrose oil 0.3~1ml/kg, continuous gavage for 8 weeks, can prevent subcutaneous injection of large doses of monosodium glutamate ***3mg/g body weight **** caused by subthalamic type obesity in rats. Reduce the animal blood triacylglycerol, elevate high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; and can inhibit monosodium glutamate rat adipocyte enlargement, intestinal villi thickening, thus playing a role in adjusting the function of gastrointestinal absorption, reduce the role of fat accumulation in the body.

3. Anti-fatty liver effect: Evening primrose oil 0.3ml/kg, and its 5% sodium salt 2ml/kg and 5% sodium salt 6ml/kg by gavage on ethionine-induced fatty liver in rats, evening primrose oil and sodium salt have a good anti-fatty liver effect. It significantly reduced the triacylglycerol content in fatty liver and inhibited the occurrence of fatty liver.

4. Antiarrhythmic effect: Evening primrose oil and its sodium salt have significant preventive and curative effects on auriculine-induced arrhythmia in rats, toxic trichothecene G-induced arrhythmia in guinea pigs and barium chloride-induced arrhythmia in rabbits, especially on barium chloride-induced arrhythmia is the most prominent effect.

Erect biennial coarse herb, basal rosette of leaves close to the ground; stems 50 ~ 200 cm high, unbranched or branched, curved pilose with long hairs of extension **** hairs of the base of the blisters ****, often mixed with glandular hairs at the upper end of the stem branches.

Basal leaves oblanceolate, 10-25 cm long, 2-4.5 cm wide, apex acute, base cuneate, margins sparsely irregularly shallowly obtuse-toothed, lateral veins 12-15 per side, both surfaces curved pilose with long hairs; petiole 1.5-3 cm long. Stem leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 7-20 cm long, 1-5 cm wide, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base cuneate, margin with 5-19 sparse obtuse teeth on each side, lateral veins 6-12 on each side, curved pilose with long hairs on each side, glandular hairs often intermingled with the margins of the leaves, especially in the upper part of the stem, below the leaves; petiole 0-15 mm long.

Inflorescence spikelike, unbranched, or with secondary lateral inflorescences under the main inflorescence; bracts leaflike, as long as 1/2 as long as the flower in bud, elliptic-lanceolate when grown, becoming larger and smaller from the bottom upward, subsessile, 1.5-9 cm long, 0.5-2 cm wide, persistent when fruiting, buds conical-oblong, 1.5-2 cm long, 4-5 mm thick, with a beak ca. 3 mm long at the tip; floral tube ca. 3 mm long. 2.5-3.5 cm, 1-1.2 mm in diameter, yellowish green or reddish at flowering, covered with mixed pilose, spreading long hairs and short glandular hairs; glabrescent after flowering; sepals green, sometimes reddish, oblong-lanceolate, 1.8-2.2 cm, 4-5 mm wide proximally, apex cuspidate into a caudate, 3-4 mm long, erect in bud, connivent to each other, reflexed from the base at opening but upturned at the upturned at middle, indumentum identical to floral tube; petals yellow, sparsely yellowish, broadly obovate, 2.5-3 cm long, 2-2.8 cm wide, apex retuse; filaments subequal, 10-18 mm long; anthers 8-10 mm long, pollen ca. 50% developed; ovary green, terete, 4-angled, 1-1.2 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, densely covered with spreading hirsute and short glandular hairs, sometimes mixed with curved pilose hairs; ovary green, terete, 4-sided, 1-1.2 cm long, 1.5-2.5 mm thick, densely covered with long hairs and short glandular hairs, sometimes densely covered with spreading long hairs and short glandular hairs, sometimes mixed with curved pilose hairs; style 3.5-5 cm long, extending out of the floral tube 0.7-1.5 cm long; stigma surrounded by anthers. The pollen is directly pollinated on the stigma lobes during flowering, and the lobes are 3-5 mm long.

Capsule conical terete, narrowing upwards, 2-3.5 cm long, 4-5 mm in diameter, erect. Green, indumentum as in ovary, but tapering to sparse, with conspicuous ribs. Seeds horizontally arranged in the fruit, dark brown, angular, 1~1.5 mm long, 0.5~1 mm in diameter, angular, each with an irregular depression.