The efficacy and function of traditional Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis

The Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis is actually a relatively good medicinal material. In fact, many people will add Morinda officinalis in the cooking process, but if you really want to understand the efficacy and function of Morinda officinalis, many people may feel doubtful! So let's take a detailed look at what benefits the Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis can bring to our body, or what kind of problems it can help us solve?

In fact, if you want to better protect your health, then the most important thing is to first understand the health-care value of these foods in life. In this way, we will know whether it can serve our health and try to avoid some misunderstandings. ,

Effects on accessory organs

Oral administration of the crude extract of Morinda officinalis to rats or mice for 14-15 consecutive days showed no anabolic effect (indicated by the increase in body weight, levator ani muscle or glomus cavernosum muscle weight, or mouse kidney weight) and no androgenic effect (indicated by the increase in seminal vesicle weight).

Promoting corticosterone secretion

ICR male mice weighing about 35g were fed, and the level of corticosterone in their blood was measured according to the Diamondstone method. They were orally given an aqueous extract of Morinda officinalis (1g/kg). The results showed that the activity of the glucocorticoid enzyme marker liver AIP was significantly increased, and intraperitoneal injection also showed a higher level of TAT (tyrosine aminotransferase) activity, indicating that the Morinda officinalis extract has the effect of increasing the level of corticosterone in the blood, and its activity may be due to the stimulation of the pituitary-adrenal cortex system.

Antihypertensive effect

The extract of Morinda lucida, a plant of the same genus, has a significant antihypertensive effect on anesthetized cats and also has a antihypertensive effect on non-anesthetized rats, but the effect is short-lived and has some sedative and diuretic effects.

I believe that after understanding the above, everyone has a deeper understanding of the traditional Chinese medicine Morinda officinalis, right? In fact, many foods or medicinal materials are the same. Only if we understand some of its health benefits can we eat it correctly according to our own situation and effectively help us maintain our health.