Ellisa Lee
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Ellisa Lee
Panax ginseng (PG, Ren Shen)
pharmacological functions:
cardiovascular protection
antitumor
anti-aging
usually taken alone- main ingredient of linzhong decoction
widely used in east asia for thousands of years
Astragalus membranaceus (AM, Huang Qi)
main medicinal ingredients: astragalus polysaccharide and astragaloside
immune and antiviral functions- anticancer activity
cervical, breast, lung cancer, leukemia
“one of the main components of Buzhong Yiqi decoction, which is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription with good effect on cancers”
Turmeric (Curcuma longa, CL, Jiang Huang)
main active ingredient: curcumin (inhibits migration/growth of cancerous cells)
no evidence shown that this component is toxic to humans/animals
often used to tx/suppress cancerous activity of digestive system
Bai Hua She She Cao (Oldenlandia diffusa- OD)
anticancer drug - best for antitumor therapy
often used in combination with Scutellaria barbata
“can effectively induce apoptosis of prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, cervical cancer, gastric cancer, and other tumor cells” (Liu W et al., 2019)
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