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Royal jelly (蜂王漿) is the milky white or yellowish paste-like secreted from the heads of the worker bee that is used to feed the queen bee and bee larvae. The royal jelly is known to have a large source of amino acids, proteins, vitamins, minerals and other bioactive substances. Plus, it contains a rare unsaturated fatty acid known as 10-Hydroxy-2-Decenoic Acid (10-HDA), which is good for its bactericidal and anti-aging effect.

1. Scavenging extra free radicals

Too many free radicals in our body can cause tissue and vascular damage, thereby speeding up our aging process. Royal jelly contains an enzyme called Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) that protects our cell by scavenging for free radicals. Being rich in vitamin A, C, E and selenium, zinc, copper, manganese, magnesium and other trace elements, SOD is the natural anti-oxidant with its ability to eliminate the extra free radicals accumulated during metabolism. In short, prolonged use of royal jelly makes us live longer.

2. Strengthen our immune system

As we grow older, we lose our vitality and get infected with diseases often due to a weakened immune system. In this respect, royal jelly contains the royal jelly acid, taurine, vitamins and other trace elements that can restore our immune system.

3. Sexual stimulant

Pharcological researches suggest that royal jelly has properties that can stimulate sexual activity and increase adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH). It is benefitial for both maintaining a healthy lifestyle and intimacy.

4. Controlling lipofuscin

Our organs gradually accumulates a substance called lipofuscin that triggers cell degeneration and weakens bodily functions. Royal jelly can tremendously reduce our lipid peroxidation (LPO) and lipofuscin accumulation in myocardial cells. At the same time, it contains large quantities of active substances that can excrete lipofuscin from our body.

5. The role of nucleic acid

Royal jelly also contains nucleic acid, which is the core component of a human body; without nucleic acid our body would not function at all. A shortage of nucleic acid can affect the rate of cell division, causing an insufficient supply of cells. This in turn reduces protein synthesis, causing body injury, disease, aging and even death.

6. Maintains nutritional balance

We all probably know by now that nutritional balance is the key success factor of staying healthy. The royal jelly is a provider of the basic nutritional substances that our body needs, regulates our physiological function and metabolism, strengthens our immune system and prevents many of the aging diseases. These are all important factors of staying alive and preventy many diseases common to many elderly people.

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American researchers have conducted a long term study on the Chinese herb astragalus root (黃芪) and found that it contains a chemical substance called TAT2 that can effectively suppress the cell division of the aids virus.

The immune system undergoes a great deal of cell division as part of its function. When a virus enters the body, the killer CD8 T-cells reacts by dividing itself to create a replica to fight off the enemy. However with HIV, the T-cells cannot replicate itself forever to totally clean the HIV from the body immune system.

The traditional method of treating HIV used HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy), which includes a combination of three to four drugs taken to lower the level of HIV in the body and allow the immune system to recover from the damage. But HAART is not easily tolerated by some patients and the cost of the drugs are expensive.

The UCLA AIDS Institute recently published the results of a study that identified the chemical called TAT2 in plants such as astragalus used in traditional Chinese medicine therapy which has the effect of enhancing the replication ability for the T-cells. The tests also found that TAT2 produces substances called chemokines and cytokines that inhibits HIV replication.

The astragalus herb has the potential to act as a complimentary or even replacement therapy for HAART to become the primary method of curing HIV. In addition, the researchers pointed out that because TAT2 enhances cell replication, it has the added benefit of strengthening the immune system and defending against other viral infections associated with chronic diseases and aging.

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In a research conducted in Beijing, the most common causes of liver cirrhosis (肝硬化) are related to people suffering from chronic hepatitis B (慢性乙型肝炎). In the early stages of cirrhosis, the use of cordyceps sinensis (冬蟲夏草) and traditional Chinese medicine often helps to slow the progression of cirrhosis and in some cases reverse its effects.

A research conducted in the Research Department of Veterans General Hospital in Tapei also discovered that an active component in cordyceps sinensis can restrain the progression of immunoglobulin nephritis (免疫球蛋白腎炎). While there currently lacks an effective treatment for immunoglobulin nephritis, it was shown that cordyceps sinensis can stop the situation from worsening.

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