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Epimedium,also called horny goat weed, grows as an ornamental herb in Asia and the Mediterranean. In Asia, its leaves have been used for treating fatigue and boosting sex drive for a long history since 16th century. Nowadays, the plant is a traditional chinese medicine and is widely used as dietary supplement in western countries Epimedium, also known as Horny Goat Weed, or Yin Yang Huo, is a genus of about 60 or more species of herbaceous flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. The large majority are endemic to southern China, with further outposts in Europe, and central, southern and eastern Asia. Usually make the Epimedium brevicornum and epimedium sagittatum as the raw material because of their high quality.

What Is Cytisine ? Cytisine, also known as baptitoxine and sophorine, is a pyridine-like alkaloid. Pharmacologically it exhibits similar effects to nicotine due to structural similarity of the two molecules. Plants that contain the cytisine alkaloid in various concentrations include those from several genera of the Faboideae subfamily, including Laburnum, Anagyris, Thermopsis, Cytisus, Genista and Sophora. Also present in Gymnocladus of the Caesalpinioideae subfamily.

Wild yam, commonly known as colic root or Mexican wild yam, is native to China and North America. Wild yam, whose botanical name is Dioscorea villosa, is a tuberous vine (and not a root, as it is normally thought) that grows in wet and humid regions. It can be found growing in thickets all over the world, where there is tropical, subtropical and temperate climate. Wild yam extract contains diosgenin, which has anti-fatigue, anti-inflammatory, anti-stress, hypocholesterolemic, and estrogenic effects.

Stephania japonica is a climbing plant producing slender stems, that can become slightly woody when old, from a woody rootstock. The leaves are sometimes harvested from the wild for medicinal purposes and to make a jelly.

1.Luo han guo Extract (Mogrosides) has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for colds, coughs, sore throats, gastrointestinal disorder, as well as a blood purifier. 2.Luo han guo Extract (Mogrosides) is easily soluble in water without any sediment. The Extract contains 80% or greater Mogroside. Mogroside is 300 times sweeter than cane sugar and is low in calories.It is a stable, non-fermentable additive ideal for Diabetics. 3. Luo han guo Extract (Mogrosides) contains high amounts of amino acids, fructose, vitamins and minerals. Application 1. As raw material for clearing blood, treating cough, throat and gastrointestinal diseases, Luo Han Guo Extract is widely used in pharmaceutical field; 2.As food sweetener, additives and spices, Luo Han Guo Extract is widely used in food industry; 3.As strengthening the immune system product, additive, Luo Han Guo Extract is widely used in health industry.

Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F is the Latin name for the vine typically referred to as the Thunder God Vine or Thunder Duke Vine. In Chinese medicine, it is called Threewingnut, or Lei Gong Teng.

Cumoesterol (or coumestrol), a coumestan isoflavone , has estrogenic properties (phytoestrogens are compounds structurally and functionally similar to 17-estradiol) and is an isoflavonoid phytoalexin produced by soybeans, a low molecular weight antimicrobial compound that is synthesized de novo and accumulates in plants after exposure to microorganisms (i. e. : phytoalexin induction and accumulation in soybean cotyledon tissue is observed with four species of Aspergillus: A. sojae, A. oryzae, A. niger, and A. flavus) (PMID: 10888516 ). Coumestrol is a naturally occurring plant coumarin that displays high affinity for the hormone-binding site of the human estrogen receptor (hER), for which it serves as a potent non-steroidal agonist.

Scopolamine Hydrobromide is the hydrobromide salt form of scopolamine, a tropane alkaloid derived from plants of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), specifically Hyoscyamus niger and Atropa belladonna, with anticholinergic, antiemetic and antivertigo properties.

Oleuropein is a glycosylated seco-iridoid, a type of phenolic bitter compound found in green olives, olive leaves, and argan oil. During processing of inedible green olives for human consumption as table olives, oleuropein is removed from olives by immersion in lye.. Basic research. In preliminary laboratory research, oleuropein had activity as an agonist of the G-protein estrogen receptor.