How Effective is Cistanche tubulosa to Improve Immunity?

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Cistanche (Cistanche Y.C Ma) herb is a well-known and valuable Chinese medicine herb. Because of its precise curative effect and mild medicinal properties, it has been regarded as a nourishing Chinese medicine for strengthening and improving immunity since ancient times, and has the reputation of "desert ginseng". Affected by the epidemic, the function of cistanche to enhance the immune system has been increasingly attracted much attention.

Cistanche tubulosa is one kind of cistanche, it contains rich effective ingredients such as echinacoside, acteoside, and flavonoids. It also contains rich polysaccharide, the polysaccharides from cistanche has a significant effect on the formation and activity of human lymphocytes. It can increase the proliferation response of lymphocytes, thereby enhancing the immune function of the body.

Cistanche tubulosa: the natural immunity booster

Let's have a look at the below researches carried out by pharmacological professionals, the results that showed the mechanisms of how cistanche tubulsoa enhance the function of the immune system:

1. The effects of Cistanche tubulosa on immunity improvement

Cistanche tubulsoa aqueous solution 50mg/kg or 100mg/kgig was given to mice to observe various immune function indexes. Results: The weight of spleen and thymus increased from 85±12 and 37±6 mg/kg to 140±12 and 53±6 mg/kg; the phagocytic rate of macrophages increased from 53±5% to 78±3%; hemolysin and hemolytic empty The plaque value increased from 147±47 and 0.05±0.1 to 361±62 and 0.18±0.01, respectively; the content of CAMP in peritoneal macrophages increased from 100±8.6pmol/ml to 152±10.9, and the content of cGMP increased from 62±12(pmol /ml) was reduced to 39±7; the lymphocyte transformation rate was increased, and the amount of 3H-TdR participating lymphocytes was increased from 178±19 (cpm) to 589±139; the delayed hypersensitivity reaction was increased from 0.54±0.15( mm) Increase the force by 0.82±0.12. This experiment results supported that the cistanche tubulosa has the function of improving immunity.

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It shows that the water-soluble components of Cistanche tubulsoa can enhance the body fluid and cellular immunity of mice.

2. Effect of cistanche tubulsoa on the formation of human lymphocyte E rosette and acid a-naphtholase esterase (ANAE) activity so to improve immunity:

Studies of the efficacy of cistanche tubulosa on immunity improvement have found that the activity E (Ea) and total E (Et) rosette rate of normal human peripheral blood lymphocytes and drugs were measured in vitro at 37°C for 1 hour. The rosette smear was stained with ANAE. The results showed that the positive control drugs porcine thymosin F5 (500ug/ml), levamisole (10ug/ml), and astragalus at low concentration (5mg/ml), the kidney medicine Cistanche tubulosa at low concentration (5mg/ml) can all increase Ea flower Knot rate, but has no effect on Et rosette rate. The high concentration of Cistanche tubulsoa (50mg/ml) can reduce the Et rosette rate. In the experiment, it was not found that porcine thymosin F5 and levamisole can increase the percentage of ANAE+ lymphocytes, but Cistanche tubulosa can reduce the percentage of ANAE+ lymphocytes at high or low concentrations. It can be seen that the Cistanche can promote the formation of Ea rosettes at a certain concentration. The E rosette test is a common method to determine the number of human T cells. To a certain extent, Cistanche tubulosa can reflect the body's cellular immune function and it can improve immunity effectively.

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3. The immunity improve effects of Cistanche on the delayed footpad response of mice

The experiments of using cistanche tubulosa to mice found that Mice ig Chinese medicine decoction (60%, 0.5ml) for 8 consecutive days, administered d4ipSRBC challenge, 24 hours later, the footpad swelling value was measured. The results showed that the relative intensity of the footpad reaction of the Cistanche group was higher than that of the control group at 24 hours after the attack, and the Cistanche had the effect of promoting cellular immune function in the body. this experiment demonstrates that cistanche tubulosa has the function of improving immunity.