Natural Herbal Powder Formulation for Immunity Enhancement
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current immunity-enhancing health care foods, mainly in the form of oral liquids, face issues such as inconvenience, poor stability, short storage time, and the need for large adjuvants, making them unsuitable for individuals with dysphagia and difficult to administer effectively.
Innovation Solution
A powder formulation made from natural Chinese herbal ingredients like inulin, Auricularia, PORIA, LYCII FRUCTUS, MORI FRUCTUS, LONGAN ARILLUS, soy peptide powder, COICIS SEMEN, NELUMBINIS SEMEN, and JUJUBAE FRUCTUS, without added excipients, which is easy to take, soluble in cold water, and has a long storage time, prepared through decoction extraction and drying methods.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If oral liquid form is used for immunity-enhancing health care foods, then the product is easy to absorb, but it has poor stability and short storage time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the product from liquid form to powder form, changing the physical state parameter. This parameter change enables the product to have both good stability and long storage time while maintaining ease of absorption through rapid dissolution in water.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a composite formulation containing multiple Chinese herbal ingredients (Auricularia, Poria, Lycii Fructus, Mori Fructus, Longan Arillus, Coicis Semen, Nelumbinis Semen, Jujubae Fructus) combined with inulin and soy peptide powder. This composite material approach enhances both stability and storage time while preserving the immune-enhancing functionality.
2Ease of manufacture
If tablets are made with large doses of adjuvants such as starch and hydroxymethyl cellulose, then the tablets are easy to manufacture, but they have long disintegration time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the problematic adjuvants (starch and hydroxymethyl cellulose) from the formulation entirely. By taking out these substances that cause long disintegration time, the patent achieves rapid dissolution without compromising manufacturability, using instead a blend of natural ingredients that dissolve quickly in water.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces long-lasting but slow-disintegrating tablet adjuvants with a powder formulation designed for rapid dissolution. The powder form acts as a temporary vehicle that quickly dissolves to deliver the active ingredients, eliminating the need for persistent tablet structures.
3Reliability
If powder formulation without excipients is used, then the product is natural and clean, but it may have difficulty in dissolution
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a composite powder formulation combining multiple herbal ingredients with inulin and soy peptide powder. This composite structure maintains natural composition without excipients while ensuring rapid dissolution through the synergistic properties of the combined materials, particularly the solubility-enhancing effects of inulin and soy peptides.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent optimizes particle size and physical properties of the powder components to enhance dissolution speed. By controlling parameters such as particle size distribution and surface area, the natural ingredient blend achieves rapid dissolution in water without requiring synthetic excipients.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The powder formulation enhances immunity by improving cellular and humoral immune functions, monocyte-macrophage activity, and NK cell activity, demonstrating significant immune enhancement in animal tests, while being safe and easy to administer.
Implementation Method 1
The powder formulation has the function of enhancing immunity, especially cellular immune function
Implementation Method 2
The powder formulation has the function of enhancing immunity, especially humoral immune function
Implementation Method 3
The powder formulation has the function of enhancing immunity, especially monocyte-macrophage function
Implementation Method 4
The powder formulation has the function of enhancing immunity, especially NK cell activity
Implementation Method 5
it is soluble in cold water
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AI summary
The present disclosure belongs to the field of health care products, disclosing a powder formulation made from inulin, Auricularia, PORIA, LYCII FRUCTUS, MORI FRUCTUS, LONGAN ARILLUS, soy peptide powder, COICIS SEMEN, NELUMBINIS SEMEN and JUJUBAE FRUCTUS. The starting materials of the powder formulation are all from natural Chinese herbal medicine without addition of excipient. In addition, dose required for the powder formulation is small; it is easy to be taken and can be dissolved in water; it is soluble in cold water and can be absorbed quickly. The method for preparing the powder formulation in the present disclosure is simple and suitable for large-scale production. The powder formulation obtained has a good stability, long storage time, good taste. Experiments show that the powder formulation of the present disclosure can significantly enhance immunity, therefore can be used to prepare the health care foods having function on improving immunity.