Notoginseng poisonous liver damage

Panax notoginseng is actually one of the most commonly used Chinese medicinal materials nowadays, especially because of its function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, it has also become the first choice for health care for many middle-aged and elderly patients. In recent years, the use of Panax notoginseng powder has become more and more common. So, will long-term consumption of Panax notoginseng powder really damage the liver?

Panax notoginseng, also known as Tianqi, is the dried root of the plant Panax notoginseng belonging to the Araliaceae family. It is mainly produced in Yunnan and Guangxi and other places. It tastes sweet and a little bitter. Li Shizhen, a famous pharmacologist in the Ming Dynasty, called it "golden incomparable". Modern pharmacological research data show that Panax notoginseng has the effects of promoting blood circulation, anti-thrombosis, promoting hematopoiesis, affecting the endocrine system, resisting atherosclerosis, anti-infection, protecting the liver, and reducing swelling and relieving pain.

Panax notoginseng powder is an ultrafine powder produced and processed from the main root of Panax notoginseng, a traditional Chinese medicine. Panax notoginseng powder is warm in nature, sweet and slightly bitter in taste. It enters the liver, stomach, and small intestine meridians. It has the functions of removing blood stasis, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is mainly used as a therapeutic drug for treating bruises and blood stasis and swelling and pain. It can also treat various bleeding symptoms outside the body according to the symptoms. What's more gratifying is that Panax notoginseng at an effective dosage is not only not likely to damage the liver, but may have medicinal value in protecting the liver.

The liver protection effect of Panax notoginseng is specifically manifested in the following aspects:

1. Anti-liver fibrosis. Ginsenoside Rg1 can significantly improve the degree of liver fibrosis by reducing the levels of blood cell alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alkaline phosphatase (ALP).

At present, it is believed that the main mechanisms of action of Panax notoginseng in anti-liver fibrosis are: inhibiting the decrease of mitochondrial ATP components, reducing the levels of ALT, AST, ALP and HA, and regulating the expression of endogenous cytokines TNF-α, TGF-β1, IL-6, and IL-10.

2. Resist alcoholic and pathological liver damage. Panax notoginseng can achieve the purpose of preventing alcoholic liver damage by regulating the level of human cytokines and improving its own liver function indicators.

At the same time, Panax notoginseng can reduce the elevated ALT and AST caused by pathological liver damage in patients, thereby effectively protecting the body's liver function tests. Its system may have a relatively strong anti-lipid peroxidation effect with ginsenoside Rg1, which is related to the obvious softening of blood vessels.

3. Panax notoginseng has certain protective and improving effects on human immune liver damage, fatty liver, etc.

Therefore, according to the detailed research data above, Panax notoginseng at an effective dosage will not have any adverse effects on the liver.

Therefore, if it is not fake Panax notoginseng powder, we don’t have to worry about it causing liver damage to the human body. Therefore, when choosing Panax notoginseng powder, we must pay attention to distinguish whether it is fake, because the most common fake Panax notoginseng has relatively obvious liver toxicity.