Latin  name:Leguminosae

Product Name: Astragalus Root Extract

Category: Standard Extract

Active Ingredients: Astragaloside IV

Test Methord : HPLC,UV
Appearance: Brown powder
Plant of Origin: Astragalus membranaceus 
Part used: Roots

Common names：Astragalus 、Huang Qi

Parts Used：Dried root.

Active ingredient: Astragaloside

Structure：

Several species, including A. alpinus (bluish-purple flowers), A. hypoglottis (purple flowers) and A. lotoides, are grown as ornamental plants in gardens.

Detail information:

Astragalus root extract is also known as milk vetch or huang qi. It has been an important component in Chinese medicine for centuries. The herb is used to treat a number of different medical conditions.

Astragalus root is an adaptogen, which means that it helps protect the body against physical and emotional stress as well as from disease. The herb contains anti-inflammatory properties that make it useful as a topical treatment for skin injuries. It stimulates the immune system and helps prevent colds and infections. It may also improve the symptoms of heart disease.

Astragalus was known in the time of first century Greek physician Dioscorides, and the word itself is even more ancient, deriving from a Greek word meaning "anklebone". Ankle bones were once used as a form of dice, and one conjecture is that astragalus so named because the rattling seedpods sounded like rolling dice.

Effectiveness of use:

Immune System Enhancement
Reduction of Chemotherapy Side Effects
Reduction of Fatigue in Athletes

Other medical uses

Bone cancer ；Breast cancer； Cervical cancer ；Colorectal cancer ；Endometrial cancer ；Hodgkins disease Kidney cancer； Liver cancer ；Lung cancer ；Ovarian cancer ；

USUAL DOSAGE

The doses recommended in the textbooks of Chinese herbs are about 9-15 grams of the crude herb in decoction form every day of the treatment period. Boiling the astragalus root in some water for a few minutes, followed by brewing the tea is the way to prepare this decoction form of the herb. The usual supplements of the astragalus contain about 500 mg of the herb. The suggested doses of such supplemental forms are about two to three tablets or capsules or if preferred 3-5 ml of the herbal tincture taken thrice every day.

Toxicology

The family of Astragalus has been reviewed by Rios and Waterman, indicating that the toxicities vary from one species to another.