Does burdock remove dampness?

Burdock is a traditional Chinese medicinal material. In most cases, it can be seen in the prescriptions of Chinese patent medicines. It has a wide range of uses and can be used to treat many chronic diseases that are difficult to cure, including diabetes and hyperlipidemia. These diseases are common diseases among people nowadays, and they can be properly improved after taking this medicine. In addition, it can also achieve the effect of removing moisture.

Main Benefits

Burdock has the effects of treating diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and anti-cancer. It can lower blood sugar, blood pressure, blood lipids, treat insomnia, and enhance human immunity.

Antibacterial effect

The whole burdock plant contains antibacterial ingredients, among which the leaves contain the most antibacterial ingredients, which are mainly effective against Staphylococcus aureus.

Hypoglycemic effect

The water extract of burdock fruit can significantly and persistently lower the blood sugar of rats and increase carbohydrate tolerance.

Remove metabolic waste

Anti-aging and oxygen free radical scavenging effects

During the normal metabolic process of human life, a substance called oxygen free radicals is produced, which is harmful to health and promotes cell aging. They can promote the production and accumulation of lipofuscin pigment - age spots. The appearance of age spots on the body surface indicates that the cells in the body have entered the aging stage. Beef radish contains peroxidase, which can enhance the activity of cellular immune mechanism, eliminate oxygen free radicals in the body, prevent the formation and accumulation of lipofuscin pigments in the body, resist aging, and provide the body with an internal protective environment to fight and eliminate oxygen free radicals.

Anticancer Effects

Arctiin can inhibit the activity of fructose phosphokinase in cancer cells. Arctigenin also has anti-cancer activity. Arctigenin also has anti-Alzheimer's effect. Modern scientific research results show that burdock contains flavonoids, which have a certain resistance to malignant tumors. Its crude extract is selectively toxic and a low amount can inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells and make tumor cells closer to normal cells.

Removal of metal ions

The adsorption capacity of burdock for metal ions is in the following order: Pb>Cd>Hg>Ca>Zn.

Other functions

Arctiin and arctiol have anti-nephritis activity, can effectively treat acute progressive nephritis and chronic glomerulonephritis, and can be used as therapeutic agents for kidney disease. The main component of burdock, lignan, has the ability to inhibit the binding of platelet activating factor to platelets and can be used as a platelet activating factor antagonist.