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Kudzu isoflavones is a kind of isoflavone compound extracted from the roots of the Pueraria Lobata, whose main ingredients are genistein, genistin, and daidzein. Many researchers have proved that the product can improve microcirculation, dilate coronary artery, increase blood stream volume in the brain and coronary artery, reduce heart rate, and reduce index of myocardial oxygen consumption as to improve the metabolism of ischemic myocardium. It also functions in resisting thrombus, raising high-density lipoprotein (HDL), resisting vasopasm, and reducing platelet aggregation. Clinically, it is mainly to treat diseases such as alcoholism, arterial and venous embolism of the retina, sudden deafness, myocardial infarct, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, hypertension and high blood fat. It is also used in modern Chinese medicine as a treatment for angina pectoris, allergies, migraines, and diarrhea. Recently reports indicate that Kudzu isoflavones have estrogenic and aphrodisiac effects on men and women. |