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Notoginseng (San Qi, 三七，田七) is a precious Chinese herb that has been used by Chinese people for over 3000 years. In the classic TCM book “Supplements to Compendium of Materia Medica”, it says:

Astaxanthin is a natural, red pigmented ketocarotenoid (or plant color) found in some types of microalgae and yeast. It’s mainly found in Haematococcus pluvialis, a type of algae, and Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous, a type of yeast.

Polygonum capitatum, known as “Tou Hua Liao” (Chinese name), is a crucial source of Hmong medicinal plants that has benefited human health for a long time. This folk-medicinal plant is widely distributed in the south-west of China for the treatment of various urologic disorders including urinary tract infections, pyelonephritis, and urinary calculus.

This suggests that breviscapine may significantly improve the cognitive function of CCI rats and reduce the pathological damage of ischemic neurons, and its mechanism may be related to the inhibition of NLRP3 inflammasome activation and pyroptosis pathway in brain tissue [211].

Herba Polygoni Capitati, the aerial part or whole plant of Polygonum capitatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, has been used as one of the Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCMs) for a long time in China, especially in some ethnic minority regions.

Breviscapine is a crude extract of several flavonoids of Erigeron breviscapus (Vant.) Hand.-Mazz., containing more than 85% of scutellarin, which has been traditionally used in China as an activating blood circulation medicine to improve cerebral blood supply.

Read more on the history of notoginseng and its practical use in Traditional Chinese Medicine for various health benefits.

The prevalence of dry eye syndrome (DES) has increased worldwide, affecting around 50% of all adults1. DES is a multifactorial ocular surface disease characterized by tear film instability and hyperosmolarity, ocular surface inflammation and damage, neurosensory abnormalities

At the first visit, a screening test was conducted using a testing device made of a single LED, which emitted UVB light with the same wavelength and intensity as the active device, onto a 3-cm2 area of forearm skin.

This study explores the influence of extraction solvents on the composition and bioactivity of Salvia fruticosa extracts. Ultrasound-assisted extraction with water, ethanol and their mixtures in variable proportions was used to produce four different extracts.