Follicle-stimulating hormone releasing agent

Abstract

The composition of the present invention comprising Cucurbita moschata, Carthamus tinctorius, Plantago asiatica and Lonicera japonica has a follicle-stimulating hormone reduction action. Based on this action, the composition is usable as a preventive, remedy, health food or functional food for diseases, for example, climacteric disturbance, primary hypogonadism (including ovarian hypofunction and testicular deficiency), Turner's syndrome, Klinefelter's syndrome, gonadotropin-producing tumor, testitis, and primary ovarian amenorrhea and/or hormone-producing tumor.

1 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent comprising, as active components,  Cucurbita moschata, Carthamus tinctorius, Plantago asiatica  and  Lonicera japonica.    
     
     
         2 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a preventive or remedy for climacteric disturbance.  
     
     
         3 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a preventive or remedy for indefinite complaint.  
     
     
         4 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a preventive or remedy for ovarian hypofunction (juvenile climacteric disturbance).  
     
     
         5 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a preventive or remedy for testicular deficiency.  
     
     
         6 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a preventive or remedy for amenorrhea.  
     
     
         7 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a health food or functional food for prevention, amelioration or alleviation of climacteric disturbance.  
     
     
         8 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a health food or functional food for prevention, amelioration or alleviation of ovarian hypofunction (juvenile climacteric disturbance).  
     
     
         9 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a health food or functional food for prevention, amelioration or alleviation of testicular deficiency.  
     
     
         10 . A follicle-stimulating hormone reduction agent according to  claim 1 , which is a health food or functional food for prevention, amelioration or alleviation of amenorrhea.