Evening primrose can regulate lipid substances in blood, and has obvious curative effect on coronary artery occlusion, atherosclerosis and cerebral thrombosis caused by high cholesterol and hyperlipidemia.
Motherwort contains trace elements such as selenium and manganese, and has the functions of antioxidation, anti-aging, anti-fatigue and inhibition of cancer cell proliferation. Leonurus heterophyllus can be used as a whole herb as medicine, which is an important medicine for treating gynecological diseases, regulating endocrine and promoting the natural growth of female hormones.
Schisandra chinensis has the effects of benefiting qi and tonifying kidney, astringing lung, promoting fluid production, improving intelligence and calming the nerves, and can treat chronic cough and asthma, improve intelligence and work efficiency, which is beneficial to delaying aging.
Lycium barbarum has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, benefiting eyesight and moistening lung.
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Pharmacological effects of evening primrose
Hypolipidemic and anti-atherosclerosis effects: Oral administration of 5ml/kg evening primrose oil can reduce the increase of serum total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in rats induced by high-fat diet; And can significantly increase the level of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
Weight loss effect: evening primrose oil 0.3~ 1ml/kg, taken orally for 8 weeks, can prevent hypothalamic obesity in rats caused by subcutaneous injection of large dose of sodium glutamate (3mg/g body weight). Reduce triglyceride in animal blood and increase high density lipoprotein cholesterol; It can also inhibit the increase of fat cells and the thickening of intestinal villi in sodium glutamate rats, thus regulating the absorption function of gastrointestinal tract and reducing the accumulation of fat in the body.
Anti-fatty liver effect: evening primrose oil 0.3ml/kg, its 5% sodium salt 2ml/kg and 5% sodium salt 6ml/kg have good anti-fatty liver effect on ethionine-induced fatty liver in rats. Significantly reduce the content of triacylglycerol in fatty liver and inhibit the occurrence of fatty liver.
Antiarrhythmic effect: evening primrose oil and its sodium salt have significant preventive and therapeutic effects on arrhythmia induced by aconitine in rats, arrhythmia induced by crocin G in guinea pigs and arrhythmia induced by barium chloride in rabbits, especially on arrhythmia induced by barium chloride.
Anti-inflammatory effect: evening primrose oil significantly inhibits inflammation caused by various inflammatory factors, PGE release and inflammation caused by PGE and histamine, bradykinin release, and stabilizes lysosomal membrane. Its anti-inflammatory effect is not by stimulating the pituitary-adrenal cortex system, but by inhibiting the release of mediators and inflammation, exudation, leukocyte chemotaxis and connective tissue proliferation in the process of inflammation.
References:
Baidu encyclopedia-evening primrose