Rhubarb extract is derived from the dried roots and rhizomes of Rheum palmatum, Rheum tanguticum, or medicinal rhubarb. Rheum palmatum and Rheum tanguticum are called rhubarb, which are mainly produced in Qinghai, Gansu, Sichuan and other places. The medicinal rhubarb is called southern rhubarb, which is mainly produced in Sichuan, Hubei and other places. Rhubarb tastes bitter and cold, and belongs to the stomach, liver and large intestine meridian. The active ingredients are anthraquinone compounds, including rhein, emodin, chrysophanol, aloe-emodin, emodin methyl ether, etc., which can scavenge oxygen free radicals, regulate blood lipids, and resist arteries. Hardening, anti-cancer, anti-aging, anti-psychotic, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective and choleretic, anti-virus and other effects.
Pharmacological Function
1. The effect on the digestive system
(1) purgative effect (2) choleretic and hepatoprotective effect
2. Effects on the blood system
(1) Hemostatic effect (2) Blood lipid-lowering effect (3) Blood circulation effect
3. Anti-infective effect
4. Antipyretic effect
5. Immune regulation
6. The tannins contained in rhubarb have a good antioxidant effect. Rhubarb polysaccharides also have obvious inhibitory effects on tumors, as well as hypolipidemic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory and antihypertensive effects.
