Method for accelerating secretion of estrogen and regenerating tissue cells of female sexual organs

Abstract

The present invention relates to a composition for accelerating secretion of estrogen and regenerating tissue cells of female sexual organs, more particularly, to a composition for accelerating secretion of estrogen and regenerating tissue cells of female sexual organs in postmenopausal women comprising one or more of Platycodi Radix and Cynanchum wilfordii extract and/or Phlomis umbrosa extract. The present invention provides a composition, a pharmaceutical composition and a food composition capable of replacing estrogen, which comprise one or more of Platycodi Radix and Cynanchum wilfordii extracts and/or Phlomis umbrosa extract. The composition of this invention comprised of the extracts of natural source shows little or no adverse effects such as cancer occurrence compared with estrogen-replacing agent used for conventional hormone replacement therapy; in addition, it has excellent effect on the regeneration and propagation of tissue cells of female sexual organs, so that it is applicable to treatment of various disorders and diseases developed in postmenopausal women who are deficient in estrogen. Moreover, the composition of this invention has little impurities and high amount of active ingredients.

1 . A method for accelerating estrogen secretion of an animal, which comprises administering to said animal a composition comprising an active ingredient as one or more selected from the group consisting of  Platycodi Radix  extract and  Cynanchum wilfordii  extract, whereby a disorder associated with menopause is treated and prevented.  
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises  Phlomis umbrosa  extract as one of the active ingredients.  
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the composition regenerates or propagates tissue cells of a female sexual organ.  
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the amount of the extract is 20-80% by weight of the total amount of the composition.  
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the composition further comprises one or more ingredients selected from the group consisting of calcium, arginine and lysine.  
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the extract is an active fraction prepared in a process which comprises treating one or both of  Platycodi Radix  and  Cynanchum wilfordii  with hot water for obtaining an extract; and filtering the extract by means of ultrafiltration membrane with a molecular weight cut off of 50,000-100,000.