Dodder seed extract is a product made from Cuscuta as raw material. Cuscuta extract is mainly derived from the dried mature seeds of Cuscuta, a plant of the Convolvulaceae family. Cuscuta is a parasitic plant that often parasitizes on a variety of plants such as Leguminosae, Asteraceae, and Tribulus.
The main components of Cuscuta extract include flavonoids, such as quercetin, kaempferol, and hyperoside, as well as polysaccharides, terpenes, and steroidal components, such as Cuscuta polysaccharides and β-sitosterol.
Efficacy of Dodder Seed Extract
Tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence: Traditional medicine believes that Cuscuta extract has the effect of tonifying kidney yang and benefiting kidney essence. It can be used to improve symptoms such as soreness of the waist and knees, impotence and premature ejaculation, spermatorrhea and spermatorrhea caused by kidney deficiency, and can improve the function of the reproductive system. It has a certain conditioning effect on the reproductive health of men and women.
Nourishing the liver and improving eyesight: It helps to nourish the yin of the liver and kidney. The liver opens the eyes. When the liver yin is sufficient, the eyes can be nourished. It can relieve the symptoms of vision loss, blurry eyes, dry eyes, etc. caused by liver and kidney yin deficiency, and has a certain effect on protecting eyesight.
Anti-pregnancy: It can nourish the liver and kidney, consolidate the Chong and Ren meridians, and has a certain preventive and therapeutic effect on fetal movement disorders and habitual abortion caused by liver and kidney deficiency. It can create a good internal environment for the growth and development of the fetus by regulating the endocrine and immune systems.
Enhancing immunity: Ingredients such as dodder polysaccharides can promote the proliferation and differentiation of lymphocytes, improve the body's immune function, enhance the body's ability to resist external pathogens, and help prevent diseases such as colds.
Anti-oxidation: Ingredients such as flavonoids have antioxidant effects, can remove free radicals in the body, reduce the damage of free radicals to cells, delay cell aging, and help prevent aging-related diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases.
Application of Dodder Seed Extract
Medical field: It can be used to prepare Chinese patent medicines with the functions of tonifying kidney and consolidating essence, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, and calming pregnancy. For example, Wuzi Yanzong Pills contain Cuscuta, which is used to treat impotence, infertility, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation caused by kidney deficiency and essence deficiency. It can also be used to develop new drugs for treating low immune function and reproductive system diseases.
Health care products: It is often used to make health care products with the functions of tonifying kidney and strengthening body, improving immunity, such as Cuscuta extract capsules and oral liquid, which are suitable for people with kidney deficiency, weak body, low immunity, etc.
Cosmetic field: Due to its antioxidant and nourishing effects, it can be added to skin care products to delay skin aging, reduce the formation of wrinkles and spots, and improve the skin's luster and elasticity. It often appears in anti-wrinkle creams, essences and other products.
