Description:
Burdock is a biennial herb sized 100-300 cm tall from Asteraceae family found growing in cool climate. It usually prefers deep profiled and well-drained sandy loam or fresh, worked soil and well-drained soil rich in humus or nitrogen. Roots are normally slender, fleshy, tapering roots similar of carrot or parsnip, which can grow up to 120 cm long and 3-4 cm across. Stems are erect, hollow, branched, hairy, and ridged. It may reach 5 ft.in heights. Leaves are broadly heart-shaped, 6-18 inches long, 4-14 inches wide, with hollow petioles and wavy and toothed margins. Bottoms of these leaves are loosely hairy and light green. Stem leaves are much smaller, alternate, and egg-shaped. Flowers are purple and grouped in globular capitula, united in clusters and are found blooming from July to September.
Roots
Burdock root is an underground tuber which is used as a vegetable and medicinal herb. Roots are normally slim, fleshy, tapering roots similar in shape of carrot or parsnip, which grows up to 120 cm long and 3-4 cm across. Roots are brown in color with white colored flesh inside. Roots are sweet, mild, and pungent flavor and have taste similar to parsnips, scorzonera or Jerusalem artichokes and features crunchy texture along with gummy consistency. Nearly all the parts of the plant are being used either for cookery purpose or as a curative medicine for certain medical conditions.
Fruit
The fruits are achenes and are long, compressed, with short pappuses. Seeds are brownish-grey, wrinkled, about 1/4 inch long and 1/16 inch in diameter. Health Benefits:
1. Blood Pressure
Burdock has inspiring ability to lower blood pressure. The plant have high concentration of potassium, a vasodilator, which helps to release tension within the cardiovascular system by soothing the blood vessels and arteries, thus helping to prevent atherosclerosis, heart attacks, and strokes.
2. Digestive Issues
Burdock is loaded with fiber which is useful to stimulate the digestive system and move food easily through the bowels, decreasing constipation and avoiding cramping, bloating and ulcers. Inulin, a particular type of fiber found in burdock, helps to reduce inflammation in the gut and remove many types of harmful bacteria that can cause diarrhea as well as other gastrointestinal problems.
3. Diabetes
Although almost all kinds of fiber can regulate the balance of insuli-n and glucose within the body, inulin is mainly effective and has been directly associated to reduce the development and harshness of diabetes and diabetes-related symptoms. The considerable amount of inulin in burdock helps to lower overall blood cholesterol by removing it from the body, thus further protecting your cardiovascular system.
4. Detoxify the Liver
The chemical which give burdock its bitter taste also stimulates bile production as well as digestive juice within gut. It also helps liver to process toxins and flush them from the body very rapidly. Burdock's organic compounds and components helps to clear toxins from the blood.
5. Skin Health
Pimples, rashes, skin inflammation, manifesting as spots, acne or discoloration are caused due to poor dietary habits, constipations and high toxicity in the blood. For these skin related problems, different research recommend using burdock root supplements and herbs, since this powerful herb can easily solve original problems of toxicity or constipation in a fast and effective way, leading to clearer, healthier skin.
6. Hormonal Balance
Hormonal disorder can be destructive and problematic for your life and to avoid such disorders you need to add foods and herbs that help to regulate hormonal activity in the body. Burdock helps liver to absorb certain hormones, like estrogen, which help to rebalance the body's hormonal levels to normality. Excess estrogen is the reason of numerous dangerous or even deadly hormonal disorders, therefore including some burdock root in your weekly diet is extremely beneficial!
7. Immune Health:
The significant levels of vitamin C and E, both of which act as antioxidants in the body to eliminate free radicals, mean that burdock is a major booster to our immune system function. These antioxidants are related to lowering one's risk of cancer, preventing infections and supporting proper growth, development, and repair of the body's cells and tissues.
8. Help Treat Asthma
Burdock consists of considerable amount of vitamin B6 which is extremely beneficial for decreasing the occurrence of asthma attacks. The essential nutrient that are presents in burdock has assisted those with asthma to decrease symptoms of wheezing which are related with asthma attacks, as well as to lower the sternness and frequency of the attacks occurring.
9. Helps Maintain Dental Health
Phosphorus contained in burdock is essential for bone health and also maintaining teeth and gum health. Calcium, phosphorus and vitamin D present in burdock helps in the preservation and formation of dental health simply by supporting jaw-bone mineral density, tooth enamel and holding the teeth in place, too therefore, these minerals and vitamins help to heal tooth decay.
Vitamin D is required together with phosphorus to control body's balance of calcium and enhance its absorption during tooth formation. Vitamin D helps to decrease inflammation of gums which is related with periodontal gum disease.
10. Helps Prevent Arthritis and Osteoarthritis
Manganese, along with supplements that contain glucosamine hydrochloride or chondroitin sulfate, is a suggested natural treatment for arthritis. Regular consumption of manganese rich foods along with other supplements will help to reduce inflammation of joints and tissues and help arthritis patients to feel more comfortable and perform more usual activities.
11. Brain Health
Burdock consists of minimal amount of Copper which is essential for proper mental functioning. Normally copper rich foods are also called "brain food" because it helps enable certain neural pathways which encourage out of the box thinking. If it lacks during the growth period it may result in incomplete brain as well as nerve development. So include burdock in your diet to fulfill your copper requirement of the body.
12. Anemia in Women
Iron present in burdock is helpful for the treatment of anemia that takes place in women throughout pregnancy or menstruation. New red blood cells must substitute those that have been lost, therefore consuming considerable amounts of iron is essential for those women at those points in their lives. Burdock consumption also fulfills few of the iron requirements of the body.
13. Treats back pain and cramps
Burdock consists of marginal quantity of magnesium which helps body to absorb calcium that may result in faster healing of the bone related problems. Cramps in leg, general fatigue are the traditional symptoms of magnesium deficiency so proper intake of magnesium supplements is required to heal all types of chronic leg cramp problems.
14. Pregnancy and Birth Defects
Vitamin B9 contained in Burdock is a dependable resource for preventive defects during pregnancy and the birth of a child. It is a common condition that pregnant women maintaining a diet lacking of this vitamin are far less probable to deliver a healthy child. The birth defects caused by its deficiency comprise neural tube defects. Therefore, Vitamin B9 efficiently increases the chances of giving birth to a healthy, happy child.
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Item |
Specification |
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General Information |
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Products Name |
Achyranthes Root Extract |
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Botanical Name |
Achyranthes Aspera L. |
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Part Used |
Root |
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Physical Control |
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Identification |
Conform with standard |
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Odor&Taste |
Characteristic |
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Loss on Drying |
≤5.0% |
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Particle Size |
NLT 95% Pass 80 Mesh |
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Chemical Control |
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Extraction ratio |
10:1 20:1 30:1 |
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Total Heavy Metals |
≤10.0ppm |
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Lead(Pb) |
≤2.0ppm |
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Arsenic(As) |
≤2.0ppm |
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Cadmium(Cd) |
≤1.0ppm |
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Mercury(Hg) |
≤0.1ppm |
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Solvent residue |
<5000ppm |
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Pesticide residue |
Meet USP/EP |
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PAHs |
<50ppb |
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BAP |
<10ppb |
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Aflatoxins |
<10ppm |
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Microbial Control |
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Total Plate Count |
≤1000cfu/g |
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Yeast&Molds |
≤100cfu/g |
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E.Coli |
Negative |
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Salmonella |
Negative |
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Stapaureus |
Negative |
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