Herb Houttuynia Extract

Product Details

Herb Houttuynia extract is made from dried Houttuynia cordata through solvent extraction. The extraction part is the whole plant. It is a fine brown-yellow powder. The chemical components isolated and identified from the Houttuynia cordata extract include volatile oils, flavonoids, organic acids, alkaloids and sterols, etc.

Flavonoids mainly include Quercetin, Isoguercitrin, Quercitrin, Reynoutrin (Quercetin-3-xyloside), Hyperin and Rutin. Quercetin is a common ingredient in plants, and it is known that more than 100 kinds of Chinese herbal medicines contain quercetin. The main organic acids and amino acids and proline, sterols and alkaloids.

Health Benefits

• Improve immunity

  Houttuynia cordata can enhance the phagocytic ability of white blood cells (WBC) to bacteria, improve serum properdin, and improve body immunity.

• Antibacterial and antiviral effect

  Houttuynia cordata can inhibit a variety of microorganisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus, influenza bacillus, dysentery bacillus and so on.

• Diuretic effect

  Studies have found that Houttuynia cordata can dilate capillaries, increase blood flow, and promote the secretion of urine. Utilizing its diuretic properties, Houttuynia cordata can be used clinically to treat diseases such as urinary tract infections.

• Anti-inflammatory effect

  Studies have found that Houttuynia cordata has a significant anti-inflammatory effect, which can effectively relieve the symptoms of hypercapillary hyperplasia caused by inflammation in the early stage.

• Anti-prostatitis effect

  A recent study published in the journal Cancer and led by Nagoya City University in Japan showed that Houttuynia cordata extract may be effective in the treatment of prostate cancer.