Monday 4 November 2013

Chinese Herbs – Mi Meng Hua(Flos Immaturus Buddlejae Officinalis)

Mi Meng Hua(Flos Immaturus Buddlejae Officinalis) is also known as Pale Butterfly bush Flower. The sweet and slightly cold herb has been used in TCM to treat swollen eyes, sensitive to light, tearing, cataract,  blurry eyesight, etc., as it clears the Liver, improves vision, reduces nebula, etc., by enhancing the functions of liver and spleen channels.

Ingredients
1. Acacetin
2. Buddleo-glucoside
3. Linarin
4. Mimengoside A、B
5. Pmethoxycinnamoylaucubin
6. Catalposide
7. Catalpol
8. Aucubin
9. Pmethoxycinnamoylcatalpo
10.  Acteoside
11. Echinacoside
12. Luteolin
13. Etc.

Health Benefits
1. Anti oxidative effects
In the study to elucidate the protective effects of linarin isolated from B. officinalis on the response of osteoblast to oxidative stress, osteoblastic MC3T3-E1 cells were pre-incubated with linarin for 1h before treatment with 0.3mM H(2)O(2) for 48h, and markers of osteoblast function and oxidative damage were examined, showed that that linarin can protect osteoblasts against hydrogen peroxide-induced osteoblastic dysfunction and may exert anti-resorptive actions, at least in part, via the reduction of RANKL and oxidative damage(1)
2. Cell apoptosis in lacrimal gland
In the assessment to explore the possible mechanism of eye drops of Buddleja officinalis extract in treating dry eye of castrated rats by analyzing the expressions of Bax and Bcl-2 proteins found the main components of extract of Buddleja officinalis Maxim. are flavonoids, which can significantly inhibit cell apoptosis in lacrimal gland(2).
3. Antioxidants
ntioxidant activities of the methanol and water extracts, and all isolated compounds(including six phenylethanoid glycosides: acteoside (1); bioside (2); echinacoside (3); poliumoside (4); phenylethyl glycoside (5); salidroside (6) and three flavonoids; linarin (7); apigenin (8); isorhoifolin (9)) were evaluated using the total oxidant scavenging capacity (TOSC) assay against peroxynitrite.
showed that the phenylethanoid glycosides, a major class of compounds of the flowers of B. officinalis, possess strong antioxidant activity(3).
4. Neuroprotective effects
The study to examine the neuroprotective effects of verbascoside, one of phenylpropanoid glucoside isolated from the Chinese herbal medicine Buddleja officinalis Maxim, on 1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium ion (MPP(+)) induced apoptosis and oxidative stress in PC12 neuronal, showed that verbascoside may provide a useful therapeutic strategy for the treatment of oxidative stress-induced neurodegenerative disease such as Parkinson’s disease(4).
5. Etc.

Side Effects
1. Do not use the herb in newborn, children, or if you are pregnant or breast feeding without first consulting with related field specialist
2. Etc.

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(1) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21420072
(2) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20226146
(3) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19952410
(4) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12231380

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