Can eating Polygonum multiflorum lower blood lipids?

If we have blood lipids, we definitely hope to get timely treatment for such diseases. If blood lipids are not lowered as soon as possible, it will cause serious harm to our health. When lowering blood lipids, many people think that Polygonum multiflorum is very effective in lowering blood lipids, so they will eat Polygonum multiflorum to help themselves lower blood lipids. If there is a way, we should try it. So can Polygonum multiflorum lower blood lipids?

Polygonum multiflorum is the tuberous root of the Polygonum multiflorum plant of the Polygonaceae family. It tastes bitter and astringent, and is mild in nature. It enters the liver, stomach, and spleen meridians. It can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the essence and marrow, nourish the blood and moisten the stool. It is a tonic medicine that is neither cold, dry, nor greasy. Kaibao Materia Medica says: "Blackening hair and beard, brightening complexion, long-term consumption lengthens tendons and bones, improves essence and marrow, and prolongs life." Its chemical components include anthraquinone derivatives, lecithin, minerals, tannins, etc. Modern clinical and pharmacological studies have revealed its anti-aging mechanism:

1. Antioxidant Effect

Polygonum multiflorum can increase the SOD (superoxide dismutase) content in the blood, brain and liver tissues of elderly animals and reduce LPO (plasma lipid peroxides), thereby increasing the antioxidant capacity and significantly counteracting the decrease in SOD content in the blood caused by Bupleurum or hydrocortisone. Animal experiments have shown that Polygonum multiflorum can reduce the MDA (malondialdehyde) content in the brain and liver of mice. Polygonum multiflorum decoction can significantly reduce plasma and liver LPO in elderly rats and improve blood rheology indicators. He Shou Wu Wan can significantly reduce the lipofuscin content in brain tissue and remove superoxide anion free radicals.

2. Inhibit monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) activity

MAO-B can indirectly reflect the aging degree of an organism. Aging is often accompanied by increased MAO-B activity and a varying degree of decrease in the content of monoamine neurotransmitters in the brain. Animal experiments have found that Polygonum multiflorum can significantly inhibit MBO-B in the brain and liver, and can also significantly increase the levels of serotonin (5-HT), norepinephrine (NE) and dopamine (DA) in the brains of old mice, thereby exerting its anti-aging effect.

3. Increase immune function

The alcohol extract or water extract of Polygonum multiflorum can increase the content of cytoplasmic protein and nucleic acid in thymus cells of old mice, increase the thymus gravity and weight of old mice, promote thymus cell proliferation, and delay age-related degenerative atrophy. The decoction of Polygonum multiflorum can increase the density of thymus cells in aged mice, and the cell nucleus and intracellular structure can obviously return to normal or nearly normal. Intraperitoneal injection of Polygonum multiflorum decoction into mice can significantly enhance the proliferation response of thymic lymphocytes induced by concanavalin A (conA). Polygonum multiflorum can increase the γ-globulin content of mice, activate macrophages and lymphocytes, increase the lymphocyte transformation rate, induce the production of interferon, and has a significant promoting effect on the cellular immunity and regulation of humoral immunity of immunosuppressed mice.

Does eating Polygonum multiflorum have the effect of lowering blood lipids? I believe everyone understands it through our introduction. Eating Polygonum multiflorum does have the effect of lowering blood lipids, but eating Polygonum multiflorum to lower blood lipids is not the best method. There are many other methods to lower your blood lipids. Everyone can try it. During the period of lowering blood lipids, avoid eating high-fat foods and high-calorie foods.