Astragalus Extract, 500 mg per each pill Planetary Formulas

Full Spectrum Astragalus combines a standardized herb extract with whole high grade root, to ensure the presence of the full spectrum of constituents.

Supplement Facts:
Astragalus Root Extract - 500 mg
   (standardized to 0.4% methoxyisoflavones)
Astragalus Root (high grade) - 500 mg

Chemistry of the herb and ingredients
Astragalus contains polysaccharides that are thought to play an important role in influencing the immune system. It also contains saponins called astragalosides, along with flavonoids and triterpenes.

Supplements and Herbs that, in some people, support or enhance the immune system:
Astragalus herb
Andrographis herb is used frequently in China for immune system enhancement.
Echinacea herb for the common cold and immune boost
Beta glucan extract sold at Physician Formula website
Cat's Claw herb. You can find this product at Physician Formula website.
Citrus bioflavonoid, flavonoid antioxidant
Vitamin  E dose
Selenium mineral
Zinc mineral

Potential uses of the herb
Astragalus could be helpful in some cases of aplastic anemia, congestive heart failure, and improving the immune system.

Breast enlargement
I am taking astragalus herb extract and want to know if enlarged breast is a known reaction to taking this herb, what about tongkat alil?
    As of 2011, we have not heard of enlarged breast as a consequence to the use of these herbs.

Chronic aplastic anemia
Clinical study on effect of astragalus Injection and its immuno-regulation action in treating chronic aplastic anemia.
Chin J Integr Med. 2007.
To observe the clinical effect of astragalus Injection and its immune-regulatory action in treating chronic aplastic anemia. Sixty patients with chronic aplastic anemia were randomly assigned to two groups equally, both were treated with Stanozolol three times a day, 2 mg each time through oral intake, but astragalus injection was given additionally to the patients in the treated group once a day via intravenous dripping. All were treated for 15 days as one therapeutic course and the whole medication lasted for more than 4 months totally, with follow-up adopted.  Astragalus promoted the recovery of hemopoietic function, which might be through improving T-lymphocyte subsets and reducing the release of negative regulatory factors such as TNF-alpha and IL-2 to alleviate the inhibition on hemopoietic function.

Congestive heart failure
Astragalus has protective effect on ischemia/reperfusion injury. May be helpful in congestive heart failure.

Study on effect of Astragalus injection in treating congestive heart failure.
Zhou ZL, Yu P. Third People's Hospital, Hangzhou.
To observe the clinical efficacy and side-effects of astragalus Injection in treating congestive heart failure (CHF). Eighty-three patients of CHF with heart function of II-IV grade assessed by NYHA (New York Heart Association) classification were randomly divided into 2 groups. The 42 patients in the treated group were treated with AI 40 ml (equivalent to 80 g crude drug) by adding in 5% glucose solution 500 ml for intravenous dripping, once a day and the 41 patients in the control group were treated by nitrolingual injection 15 mg by adding in 5% glucose solution 500 ml for intravenous dripping once a day. The therapeutic course in both groups was 2 weeks and the patients were followed-up for 1-6 months. The levels of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), fractional shortening of left ventricular short axis, the ratio of maximum blood flow between the advanced and early atrial systole, stroke volume, cardiac output and the cardiac index were all improved in both groups, but better improvement was shown in the treated group. Follow-up study showed that the incidence of cardiac event was lower in the treated group than that in the control group. Astragalus injection can be took as one of the important auxiliary drugs for treatment of congestive heart failure especially in severe cases.

Immune system
Astragalus has been shown to enhance certain aspects of the immune system.

Is AHCC helpful for the immune system like this herb?
    AHCC and astragalus are different in how they work.

I am a consultant for thousands of baby calves and I am looking for a natural product to boost their immune systems. The product would need to be in powder form for both practical and economical shipping and administering - due to the large numbers at the calf ranches. Please let me if know if a powdered form of astragalus root is available. If so, what the dosage would be for 100 lb of body weight, and the cost per pound.
    We don't sell this raw material in bulk form and since we don't deal with animals, we have no idea whether this herb would be helpful and if so in what dosage.

Availability without a prescription
Astragalus extract is available in a number of concentrations and extract potencies including a 10 to 1 extract and 0.3 percent astragalosides.

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