748results about "Lichen medical ingredients" patented technology

Dietary, health, and/or nutritional supplements provide various formulations of mushrooms grown in fermented soy, with or without rice flour, optionally in combination with sweetener(s), curcumin, and various other herbs and spices. Certain embodiments or compositions may be in liquid, beverage, solid, paste or powder forms. In certain embodiments the supplements contain mushroom species grown in fermented soy in the presence of certain bacterial species and optionally rice or rice flour. In some embodiments, other ingredients that may be present include one or more of curcumin, desmethoxycurcumin and bis-desmethoxycurcumin or all three curcumins. Certain embodiments may be used to treat or provide symptomatic relief from a variety of maladies ranging from malnutrition to mood related disorders to metabolic support and other more severe conditions as described herein.

Phytoceutical compositions for the prevention and treatment of circulatory disorders, feminine endocrine disorders, and dermal disorders. A specific combination of extracts of plants is taught, as well as principles for varying the formulations based on categorizing plants into one of three groups, Energy, Bio-Intelligence, and Organization and selecting several plants from each group. Such combinations have synergistic effects, with minimal side effects.

The present invention provides for pharmaceutical compositions that includes a triterpene (e.g., betulin) and an essential oil (Vicks® Vapor Rub). The present invention also provides for a cosmetic formulation that includes a triterpene (e.g., betulin) and an essential oil (Vicks® Vapor Rub). The present invention also provides a method of treating a fungal infection that includes administering (e.g., topically applying) an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition to the tissue afflicted with the fungal infection, or the tissue at risk of being afflicted with the fungal infection.

A method for cultivating Antrodia Camphorata is provided. First, Antrodia Camphorata is pre-incubated on a sloped surface culture medium. A portion of the pre-incubated Antrodia Camphorata is transferred to a liquid culture medium for incubation. Then, Antrodia Camphorata incubated in the liquid culture medium is moved to a solid culture medium for incubation. The cultivated Antrodia Camphorata has similar efficacies for inhibiting cancel cell growth, reducing the occurrence of atherosclerosis or recovering the damaged liver functions, as the wild Antrodia Camphorata.

Dietary supplements and methods for management and control of body weight comprising at least one liver protecting agent and at least one mushroom in the form of powder, extract, or combinations thereof.

Methods and compositions for prevention and therapy of cancer are provided. Compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of two or more of an extract of Ganoderma lucidum, an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and an extract of Scutellaria barbata and optionally a therapeutically effective amount of an extract of Hippophae rhamnoides are provided. Novel synergistic effects of the use of these compounds in combination therapy are disclosed. Embodiments further comprising therapeutically effective amounts of at least one chemotherapeutic agent are also provided.

A comprehensive, single agent cosmetic cream or lotion containing a high number of ingredients that target anti-aging in a defined manner. The cream or lotion contains a high number and variety of active substances that demonstrate excellent safety and efficacy in all of the various defined categories of skin aging, including but not limited to wrinkles, abnormal pigment or brown spots due to aging of the skin and an unexpectedly high efficacy in the reduction of redness and acne and rosacea blemishes.

The present invention relates to novel methods and compositions comprising a combination of ingredients for treating aged, mature, nutritionally-compromised, or environmentally-damaged skin. These methods and compositions provide improvements in the skin's visual appearance, physiological functions, clinical properties, and biophysical properties. The compositions of the present invention can include, for example, a compound that stimulates microcirculation through the skin, a compound that stimulates the immune system, a compound that reduces ultraviolet light or sun exposure damage, a compound that evens out the pigmentation of the skin, and/or a compound that improves the barrier properties of the skin.

An herbal composition comprises an extract of Radix Rehmanniae, and an extract of Poria, Ganoderma Lucidum, Semen Ziziphi Spinosae, Semen Platycladi, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Et Rhizoma Salviae Miltiorrhizae, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Fructus Gardeniae, Cortex Moutan, Radix Bupleuri, Radix Paeoniae Alba, Rhizoma Cyperi, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Fructus Aurantii, Radix Glycyrrhizae, and Os Draconis. The herbal composition is prepared by separately extracting Radix Rehmanniae, and the remaining herbs. The composition is suitable for treatment of insomnia and other related disorders.

This invention provides melanin nanoshells and their use for protection against radiation, particularly ionizing radiation, and electronic pulses, and methods of making materials comprising melanin nanoshells.

A multivalent fungal vaccine comprising one or more heat-inactivated fungal antigens, wherein at least one fungal antigen is effective in producing an immune response in a host when said vaccine is administered orally at a dose that is sufficient for preventing or treating the fungal disease in said host. Also described are methods for making and using an orally available anti-fungal vaccine.

The present invention features methods and compositions for the treatment, reduction, and prevention of degenerative joint disorders by administering to a mammal a joint enhancing composition. According to this invention, the composition increases the level of expression and secretion of endogenous lubricin such that the joints in the mammal being treated are lubricated. This composition can be administered alone or in combination with one or more therapeutic agents.

A human dietary supplement comprises theacrine and optionally other compounds that modulate the effects of theacrine. Uses for the theacrine-containing supplement include improvement of at least one of mood, energy, focus, concentration or sexual desire or a reduction of at least one of anxiety or fatigue.

A melanin preparation as an immunostimulatory agent from at least one of the following botanicals: Echinacea, American ginseng, black walnut, green tea, Parthenium integrifolium, Korean ginseng, alfalfa sprouts, ginger, goldenseal, red clover, dandelion, black cohosh, licorice, chamomile, milk thistle, alfalfa, horsetail, astragalus, gotu kola, feverfew, valerian, hawthorn, rosemary, saw palmetto, ephedra, pau d'arco, ginkgo, garlic, St. John's wort, Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Agaricus bisporus brown strain (portabella mushroom), Lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom) or Boletus edulis (porcini mushroom). Also disclosed is methods of treating a subject requiring immune mediation comprising administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a melanin preparation from any one of the following botanicals: Echinacea, American ginseng, black walnut, green tea, Parthenium integrifolium, Korean ginseng, alfalfa sprouts, ginger, goldenseal, red clover, dandelion, black cohosh, licorice, chamomile, milk thistle, alfalfa, horsetail, astragalus, gotu kola, feverfew, valerian, hawthorn, rosemary, saw palmetto, ephedra, pau d'arco, ginkgo, garlic, St. John's wort, Agaricus bisporus (common mushroom), Agaricus bisporus brown strain (portabella mushroom), Lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom), Boletus edulis (porcini mushroom).

An herbal formula provides symptomatic relief for various diseases and especially for patients diagnosed with AIDS/ARC. Particularly preferred formulae include at least part of at least four plants selected from the group consisting of Panax ginseng, Angelica sinensis, Astralagus membranaceus, Ligustrum lucidum, Sophora flavescens, Trichosanthes kirilowii, Agrimonia pilosa, Ganoderma lucidum, Rehmannia glutinosa, Cordiceps sinensis, Oldenlandia diffusea, Isatis spec., Polyporus umbellatus, Pogostemon cablin, Solanum nigrum, Atractylodis macrocephalae, Clematis spec., and Glycyrrhiza spec., and further include at least one of calculus bovis, concha pteriae powder, and borneolum syntheticum.

Compounds having unique antiviral and antibacterial properties are prepared from medicinal mushroom mycelium, extracts and derivatives. The compositions are derived from Fomitopsis, Piptoporus, Ganoderma, Inonotus, Trametes, Pleurotus, and blends of medicinal mushroom species and are useful in preventing and treating viruses including Poxyiridae and Orthopox viruses, flu viruses including bird flu (H5N1), SARS and Hepatitis C(HCV), as well as infections from Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

The objetive of the present invention was to enhance the skin whitening effects and blackening prevention effects and supply safe and stable topical agents for dermatological use. For that purpose 4-Hydroxyphenyl-alpha-D-glucopyranoside was combined with auxiliary agents such as ascorbic acid and its derivatives, crude drugs and its extracts, hydroxycarboxylic acid and its salts, oil soluble glycyrrhiza extract, gentian extract, phenol derivatives and their salts, placenta extract, kojic acid and its derivative, glucosamine and its derivatives, azelaic acid and its derivatives, retinol and its derivatives, pyridoxin and its derivatives, tocopherol and its derivatives, chitosan and its decomposition products, caffeic acid derivatives, hydroxycinnamate and its derivatives, Umbelliferae plant extracts, mycelial cultures and their extracts, plant leaves and their extracts.

The present invention provides an improved and more efficient method for the purification of Beta glucan, mannan and manno-protein complexes or immuno-potentiating substances, directly from yeast. In addition, the present invention provides methods for the production of Beta glucan, mannan and manno-proteins for use in animal feed to (1) prepare and enhance the immune system to fight infections more effectively and efficiently, (2) increase resistance to and decrease duration of bacterial and viral infections, (3) allow producers to reduce or remove “growth promotion antibiotics” in feed systems, thus producing more naturally grown animals, (4) reduce or prevent the negative growth response normally associated with administration of live vaccines to animals and (4) other associated health benefits such as in the case of swine of increased piglet litter size and survivability for piglets after weaning when Sows fed this novel Beta glucan extract.

An filamentous fungi is disclosed with a naturally vitamin D enriched nutritional profile. These enriched mushrooms were shown to have a synergistic effect on longevity of subjects with both a normal and nutritionally deficient diets, improved tolerance to oxidative stress, and increased longevity in a Alzheimer's disease model. Surprisingly, vitamin D2 and D3 fed alone or in combination with nonenriched mushrooms did not produce similar effects.

The present invention advances prior art intensive repair serums by providing an intensive repair serum formulated with Morinda Citrifolia, or Noni, from the Indian Mulberry plant. The addition of Noni to the serum of the present invention serves to provide significant skin care advantages not found in prior art intensive repair serums.

Sauces, spreads, cooking oils, and cooking fats are created from a wide range of various ingredients. Sauces, spreads, cooking oils, and cooking fats having at least one ingredient, with at least one flavoring, and at least one texture. At least one ingredient is selected from group including of at least one flavoring ingredient, at least one nutritional ingredient, at least one health ingredient, and at least one other ingredient. At least one ingredient is also created as small spherical balls as mixed in. Sauces can be served as appetizer and snack. And served as baby food, for children with less teeth, for old people, and for sick people. Sauces, spreads, cooking oils, and cooking fats are used for food preparation and food flavoring, including condiment and salad dressing. And used in manner selected from group consisting of room temperature, cold, warm, and hot.

Methods for treating skin by contacting the skin with an extract of Grifola frondosa are described, along with skin-care and hair-care compositions containing such extracts and processes for preparing such extracts.

Compositions and methods are described for the treatment of prostatitis, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and prostate cancer. The compositions contain either aqueous extracts or dried mixtures of selenium- and zinc-enriched cannabis plant material, shiitake mushrooms, and maitake mushrooms. The compositions are effective in treating prostate disorders by alleviating pain and voiding symptoms, decreasing inflammation and prostate size, reducing cellular proliferation in prostate tissue, and/or reducing PSA levels to within the normal range of 0-4.

It has been found that the polysaccharide isolated from a hot water extract of a Tremella mushroom without adding a chemical reagent has a novel effect of inhibiting melanin formation effects, so it can be used to lighten the spots on the skin when being applied to the skin. In addition, the Tremella polysaccharide of the present invention has excellent moisturizing effect.