Product name : Lo Han Kuo

Item : 79351486354

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     Luo Han Guo, the name of traditional Chinese medicine. It is the dried fruit of Siraitia grosvenorii (Swingle) C.Jeffrey ex A.M. Lu et Z.Y.Zhang, a Cucurbitaceae plant. Harvest in autumn when the fruit changes from tender green to dark green, and dry at low temperature after several days in the air. It often grows in hillside forests, riverside wetlands and bushes. This product is oval, oval or spherical, 4.5-8.5cm long and 3.5-6cm in diameter. The surface is brown, yellow-brown or green-brown, with dark patches and yellow pilose, and some have 6-11 longitudinal stripes. There are style remnants at the top and fruit pedicels at the base. Light in body, crisp in quality, thin in peel and easy to break. The fruit pulp (medium and endocarp) is spongy and light brown. Seeds oblate, numerous, about 1.5cm long, about 1.2cm wide; light red to brownish red, slightly sunken in the middle of both sides, with radial grooves around, and grooves on the edges. Slight gas, sweet taste. Luo Han Guo is distributed in Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou and other places. These mountains provide shade to the plants and are often surrounded by mist that protects the plants from the sun. Still, the climate in this southern province is warm. The plant is rarely seen in the wild, so it has been cultivated for hundreds of years. Cultivation of this plant in Guangxi Province is mentioned in records as early as 1813. Luo Han Guo is cultivated for its fruit extract, called mogroside, which produces a sweet taste 250 times stronger than sucrose. Mogroside extract has been used as a low-calorie sweetener in beverages and traditional Chinese medicine. It has the effects of clearing away heat and moistening the lungs, relieving the throat and opening the sound, smoothing the intestines and defecating. For dry cough due to lung heat, sore throat and aphonia, intestinal dryness and constipation.
        The fruit was first mentioned in the records of monks in Guangxi, China in the Guilin region in the thirteenth century. Difficulties in growing meant the fruit did not become part of a Chinese herbal medicine tradition that relied on more readily available products. Luohan (罗汉) is an abbreviated form of āluóhàn (Chinese: Arhat), an old transliteration of Indian Sanskrit arhat (prakrit: arahant). In the early Buddhist tradition, an enlightened monk was known as an arahant who attained arhatship (Sanskrit: arhattaphala). This was known in Chinese as luóhàn guǒ (luo han guo literally means Luo Han Guo), which later became the Chinese and Western commercial name for this sweet fruit. It may also be called la han qua (from the Vietnamese la hán quả, also meaning Luo Han Guo) or longevity fruit (also used for other fruits). The first British report of this herb was found in an unpublished manuscript written by G. Weidman Groff and Hoh Hin Cheung in 1938. The report notes that the fruit is often used as a main ingredient in cold drinks to treat hot weather, fever, or other dysfunctions (such as inflammation) traditionally associated with warmth or heat. The fruit was brought to America in the early 20th century. Grove mentioned that during a visit to the USDA in 1917, botanist Frederick Cowell showed him a Luo Han Guo purchased at a Chinese store in Washington, D.C. In 1941, seeds of this fruit purchased at a Chinese store in San Francisco were included in the botanical description of the species. The earliest studies on the sweetness of monk fruit were by C. H. Lee, who wrote a report on it in English in 1975, and by Tsunematsu Takemoto in Japan in the early 1980s (Takemoto later decided to focus on similar sweeteners. plants, Jiaogulan). The development of Luo Han Guo products in China has continued to this day, with a particular focus on the development of concentrated extracts.
        An analysis of 200 candidate genes in Luo Han Guo revealed five enzyme families involved in mogroside V synthesis: squalene epoxidase, triterpene synthase, epoxide hydrolase, cytochrome P450s, and UDP-glucosyl transfer enzyme. The metabolic pathway of mogroside biosynthesis involves the initial stage of fruit development, when squalene is metabolized to diglycosylated tetrahydroxycucurbitadienol, which is then added and catalyzed by branched sugar groups during fruit ripening, thereby Sweet tasting M4, M5 and M6 mogrosides.

       The role of mangosteen:
       1. Antitussive effect: D-mannitol has an antitussive effect. It can also be used for cerebral edema, which can increase blood osmotic pressure and reduce intracranial pressure. The dehydration effect is stronger than that of urea and lasts for a long time. It can also be used for edema of extensive burns and scalds, prevention and treatment of acute renal failure, lowering intraocular pressure, treatment of acute glaucoma, and replacing sugar as sweet food or flavoring agent for diabetic patients.
       2. Effects on intestinal tract: Luo Han Guo fitness tea (containing 77.5% Luo Han Guo, 15% tea leaves, and 7.5% Luo Han Guo preparation) has no obvious effect on the spontaneous activity of the retired small intestine of mice, but it can strengthen the spontaneous activity of isolated small intestines of rabbits and dogs. It has an antagonistic effect on the tonic contraction of the intestinal tube caused by acetylcholine or barium chloride, which makes the intestinal tube relax and relieves spasm; it also has an antagonistic effect on the intestinal tube relaxation caused by adrenaline, and restores the spontaneous activity of the intestinal tube. It shows that Luo Han Guo fitness tea has a two-way regulating effect on intestinal motility.
       3. Other effects: Mangosteen fitness tea has no effect on the gastric bioelectricity of normal rabbits, that is, it does not affect the normal digestive tract motor function. Luo Han Guo fitness tea was administered to anesthetized dogs, and blood pressure and electrocardiogram were not significantly affected.
       4. Replenish energy
       Modern research has found that Luo Han Guo contains a sweetener that is sweeter than sucrose, which can quickly provide energy to the human body.

       Function Indications:
       Clear the lungs and moisten the intestines. Cure whooping cough, phlegm-fire cough, dryness of blood and constipation.
       Health benefits: sweet, cool, non-toxic; enters lung and spleen meridians; It has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving coughs, moistening the intestines and laxatives, and is especially effective for hoarseness, dry throat and thirst caused by excessive smoking and alcohol. Adjustable hypoglycemic value, improve diabetes. It has the effects of clearing the lungs, relieving coughs, moistening the intestines and laxatives, can protect the throat, and can also treat hoarseness, coughing, and sore throat caused by wind-heat attacking the lungs. Clearing away heat and nourishing the lungs, smoothing the intestines and laxative. For dry cough due to lung fire, sore throat and aphonia, intestinal dryness and constipation.
Mangosteen fruit juice can also be used for cooking. It is fragrant and delicious. Mangosteen is known as the "fairy fruit".
Luo Han Guo is a kind of precious medicinal material, which is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the function of clearing the lungs and moistening the intestines. It is mainly used to treat whooping cough, phlegm fire cough, blood dryness and constipation, etc. It has good curative effect on acute bronchitis, acute tonsillitis, throat fire and acute gastritis. It can be used to cure stubborn tinea , carbuncle, sores, boils, etc.; the fruit hair can be used as a medicine for knife wounds; soak a little Luo Han Guo in boiling water, which can not only refresh your mind, but also prevent respiratory infections. Taking it all year round can prolong life. Mangosteen fruit juice can also be used for cooking, and it is fragrant and delicious. Mangosteen is known as "fairy fruit".

       Related Discourses:
       1. "Lingnan Herbal Collection": "Relieve phlegm and fire cough, and take it with pork decoction."
       2. "Guangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Chronicle": "Relieve cough and clear heat, cool blood and moisten intestines. Treat cough, blood dryness, stomach heat, constipation, etc."

​Barcode: 79351486354
Ingredients: Mangosteen
Specifications: 4.6oz (130g)
Efficacy: Clearing the lungs, reducing phlegm, relieving cough, moistening the intestines. Indications for phlegm fire cough, whooping cough, pharyngitis, tonsillitis, acute gastritis, constipation.