Ligustrum lucidum is a common roadside plant whose seeds can be used as medicine. Ligustrum lucidum is cool, sweet and bitter, and has a good nourishing effect on liver and kidney. Ligustrum lucidum is mostly used for diseases of liver and kidney yin deficiency. Let's take a look at the ingredients of Ligustrum lucidum, and what are its functions and effects.
Chemical constituents of Ligustrum lucidum ait
Ligustrum lucidum contains oleanolic acid, acetyl oleanolic acid, ursolic acid, mannitol, glucose, palmitic acid, stearic acid, oleic acid and linoleic acid.
What are the medicinal functions of Ligustrum lucidum?
1, protecting liver
Oleanolic acid in Ligustrum lucidum has liver protection effect. Acute liver injury caused by carbon tetrachloride can be detoxified by oleanolic acid, which can reduce the accumulation of alanine aminotransferase and triacylglycerol in serum, promote the regeneration of liver cells and prevent cirrhosis.
2. Improve immunity
Ligustrum lucidum can help increase peripheral white blood cells, enhance the phagocytosis of reticuloendothelial system, and enhance cellular immunity and humoral immunity, thus improving human immunity.
3, regulating blood lipids
Ligustrum lucidum can regulate blood lipid, significantly reduce the contents of serum cholesterol and triacylglycerol, and also play a certain role in the formation of lipid plaques in Dingmao aorta and the reduction of atherosclerotic plaques.
4, anti-cancer effect
Ligustrum lucidum can improve cellular immunity and humoral immunity, and can resist tumor by immunomodulation, especially by reversing the function inhibition of tumor cells on macrophages. It has obvious inhibitory effect on digestive tract tumors, and the elderly can resist the metastasis of tumor cells by reducing the secretion of matrix factors.
5. Promote hematopoiesis, black hair and hair growth.
Ligustrum lucidum has the function of nourishing liver and kidney, so it can supplement menstrual blood, maintain the normal circulation of qi and blood, and avoid premature hair. Liver and kidney function also has a certain relationship with eyes. If the liver and kidney are weak, the vision will be blurred. Ligustrum lucidum has a good nourishing effect on liver and kidney, which will naturally improve eyesight. Ligustrum lucidum can also reduce intraocular pressure and relieve visual fatigue.
6 antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and anti-aging
Ligustrum lucidum can start the pituitary adrenal cortex system, inhibit the synthesis and release of prostaglandin, and play an antibacterial and anti-inflammatory role. It can also significantly inhibit the production and formation of brain lipid peroxide malondialdehyde, and play a role in delaying aging to a certain extent.
Who is not suitable for taking Ligustrum lucidum?
Ligustrum lucidum has so many functions, but it is not suitable for everyone. Because it is a three-point poison, Ligustrum lucidum also has side effects. Many people only know the good effects of Ligustrum lucidum, but they don't know that it also has bad effects, so they can't use it casually. If they use it wrongly, it will be harmful to their health.
People with spleen and stomach weakness and kidney yang deficiency are prohibited; It is contraindicated for patients with spleen and stomach weakness and diarrhea due to yang deficiency.
Therefore, Ligustrum lucidum can be used as medicine, which has a good effect, but also has side effects. It should be taken under the guidance of a doctor.