Jiaogulan

An old book on Chinese wisdom, "Vital Plants in Crop Failure", mentions gynostemma, which has an anti-inflammatory and antipyretic effect, helps with food poisoning and also contributes to curing infectious hepatitis. In years of poor harvests, gynostemma was added to the basic diet. The five-leaved gynostemma (lat. Gynostemma pentofilium) is a liana that grows endemically in the mountain forests of China. The first clinical studies on this plant were carried out by Japanese scientists in the 1970s. They found that the substances extracted from it, saponins, are similar to those contained in the ginseng plant, but that the saponin content of the gynostemma plant extract is considerably higher.

Ginseng has around 20 saponins, while Gynostemma contains 84 saponins. Saponins are known to be natural organic compounds (glycosides) that are involved in hormone synthesis, among other things. As a result of a wide range of studies, it has been established that gynostemma has a pronounced health-promoting effect on patients with cardiovascular complaints / oncological diseases / AIDS / and also in cases of stress. The importance of gynostemma has also been underlined by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Effect of gynostemma

• Antioxidant (protection against ageing)
• Cholesterol (LDL) lowering
• lowers blood pressure
• beneficial for the heart
• promotes physical strength
• strengthens the immune system
• slows down ageing
• tumor-inhibiting

There are no known side effects.

References

1. Song, W.M., et al. "Comparison of the adaptogenic effects of jiaogulan and ginseng." Zhong Cao Yao. Chinese. 1992; 23(3):136.
2. Wei, Y., et al. "The effect of gypenosides to raise White Blood Count." Zhong Cao Yao. Chinese. 1993; 24, 7, 382.