Fo-Ti
extract
Fo ti root, fo ti extract side effects
According to Chinese herbal medicine, Fo Ti is used to invigorate the
kidneys and liver, and serve as a tonic to increase overall vitality. In China,
Fo-Ti is known as Ho Shou Wu (or He Shou Wu) and has a reputation for enhancing longevity and
energy.
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What's in Fo-Ti?
Fo Ti contains a number of compounds, including stilbene glucosides.
Fo-Ti Root, 610 mg
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Fo Ti (Polygonum multiflorum) is known in China as He Shou Wu. Considered one of
China's four great herbs, it is used on an alternating basis with Ginseng.
Fo Ti
root supplement facts
Fo-Ti (root) - 610 mg *
Recommendation: Take 1 Fo-Ti capsule before breakfast or lunch.
* Fo Ti daily value not established
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Benefits of Fo-Ti extract
Fo Ti has several properties, including the ability to lower triglyceride
levels and can also act as a good
antioxidant. Studies in rodents indicate Fo-Ti
can enhance memory.
Sexual enhancement with Fo-Ti extract
Fo Ti extract is sometimes claimed to be a sex enhancer. We have not come across any
studies regarding this property of Fo Ti.
Fo Ti
extract side effects and concern
There have been rare reports of chronic consumption of Fo-Ti inducing liver
damage or hepatitis.
The title of the medical report is "New case of acute
hepatitis following the consumption of Shou Wu Pian, a Chinese herbal product
derived from Polygonum multiflorum."
Fo Ti extract for colitis,
inflammatory bowel disease
Protective effects of 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-beta-d-glucoside, an
active component of Polygonum multiflorum Thunb, on experimental colitis in
mice.
Eur J Pharmacol. 2007 October. Department of Pharmacology, Tongji Medical
College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hangkong Road 13, Wuhan,
PR China.
Reactive oxygen metabolites and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) are
involved in pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. In this study, we
examined the effects of 2,3,5,4'-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-beta-d-glucoside (THSG),
an active component extracted from Fo Ti, on acetic acid-induced acute colitis
and mitomycin C-induced chronic colitis. We find that THSG exerts protective
effects on experimental colitis through alleviating oxygen and nitrogen free
radicals level and down-regulating iNOS expression.
Fo Ti
extract studies
Protective effect of polygonum multiflorum thunb on the cerebral cholinergic
neurofibers in rats
Li M,. Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha
410008, China.
Hunan Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2003 Aug;28(4):361-4.
To observe the number and morphological changes of cholinergic neurofibers in rats under the destruction of kainic acid, and to investigate the
protective effect and the mechanism of polygonum multiflorum thunb (Fo-Ti) on
acetyl-chorine esterase (AChE) neurofibers. Excitative neurotoxin
kainic acid was injected into the basal forebrain, Meynert neucleus, medial
septal neucleus and the Broca neucleus to establish the destruction model. Then
the destructive experimental group was fed with Fo-Ti, and the histochemical
method was used to display the changes of AChE fibers, the protection and
activation of Fo-Ti. The number of projecting AChE fibers to the cortex
and the hippocampus in PMT group was larger than that in the control group, and
no morphological destruction was seen in the experimental group. Fo-Ti has a protective effect on AchE projecting fibers in rats.
Beneficial effects of different Polygonum multiflorum (Fo-Ti) extracts on memory
and hippocampus morphology.
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