Houpu magnolia
Magnolia officinalis
Hou Po, the magnolia bark of Chinese medicine, gives honokiol and magnolol, which soften the brain's alarm to the adrenals and help cortisol fall back.
Hou Po厚朴Traditional Chinese medicine
Used to relieve a tight, full feeling in the chest and abdomen and to clear phlegm.
Source: Poivre M, Duez P. J Zhejiang Univ Sci B 2017;18(3):194-214 | ShennongAlpha nmm-01ha (Chinese Pharmacopoeia 2020)
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What the evidence shows
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Honokiol from magnolia bark cut sphere formation by oral disease's growth-seeding cells to 22% and put over half of them into programmed death; mouse growths came out 64.5% smaller.
Substantially active against six strains, with separate work independently reporting it inhibits both the bacterium and the gastritis it causes. Two unrelated sources pointing the same way, both in cell culture.
Magnolia bark's honokiol and magnolol relax bronchial smooth muscle, loosening the grip a cold draft or allergen takes on the air pipe.
Honokiol, the biphenyl of magnolia bark, drove strong autophagy in cells and raised the autophagy marker LC3B-II in treated mice.
Magnolia bark’s magnolol cut jawbone resorption, the bone-dissolving osteoclasts and the RANKL signal that summons them.
Where it appears
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- ACB (Cell-Cycle Checkpoint Restraint)
- Autophagy Activator (Cellular Self-Renewal)
- Ecstatic (Nervous System Stand-Down)
- Helico (Gastric Colonization Defense)
- Spice (Anti-Inflammatory Polyphenol Powerhouse)
- Lung Power (Respiratory Capacity)
- NAD+ Booster (Cellular Energy Currency)
- Niagra (Desire, Arousal & Climax)
- Sabretooth (Periodontal Defense)