A composition for hormone signaling, blood glucose control, appetite control, and weight management is provided. The composition includes green tea leaf extract, gardenia fructus fruit powder, turmeric root extract, black pepper extract, fenugreek seed extract, ginseng root extract, and white kidney bean extract. A method for hormone signaling, blood glucose control, appetite control, and weight management is provided, comprising administering to the mammal the composition.

An over-the-counter traditional Chinese medicine for weight loss comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 3060 g of stir-fried yellow soybeans, 2550 g of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, 1015 g of Radix et Rhizoma ginseng, 810 g of Radix Astragali, 816 g of Fructus Lycii, 816 g of Radix Puerariae Lobatae, 612 of Radix Bupleuri, 612 g of Fructus Crataegi, 612 g of Semen Cassiae, 612 g of Fructus Gardeniae, 612 g of Fructus Hordei Germinatus, 612 g of Folium Nelumbinis, 48 g of Rhizoma Polygonati, 810 g of Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, 48 g of Flos Chrysanthemi, 48 g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 36 g of Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 36 g of Ganoderma. The advantages of the invention are as follows: reasonable design of raw materials, convenient production, processing using modern biological cell wall-breaking technology; ensuring that effective components of traditional Chinese medicine, especially bioactive enzymes, remain intact; it has good weight loss effects, is healthy and reliable, has excellent promotion prospects, economic value.

An over-the-counter traditional Chinese medicine for weight loss comprises the following raw materials in parts by weight: 3060 g of stir-fried yellow soybeans, 2550 g of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, 1015 g of Radix et Rhizoma ginseng, 810 g of Radix Astragali, 816 g of Fructus Lycii, 816 g of Radix Puerariae Lobatae, 612 of Radix Bupleuri, 612 g of Fructus Crataegi, 612 g of Semen Cassiae, 612 g of Fructus Gardeniae, 612 g of Fructus Hordei Germinatus, 612 g of Folium Nelumbinis, 48 g of Rhizoma Polygonati, 810 g of Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae Galli, 48 g of Flos Chrysanthemi, 48 g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 36 g of Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 36 g of Ganoderma. The advantages of the invention are as follows: reasonable design of raw materials, convenient production, processing using modern biological cell wall-breaking technology; ensuring that effective components of traditional Chinese medicine, especially bioactive enzymes, remain intact; it has good weight loss effects, is healthy and reliable, has excellent promotion prospects, economic value.

An astringency reducing agent including an arabinogalactan which has a molecular weight of from 10,000 to 1,000,000 and a ratio of 1,3-bound galactose to total galactose of 12 mol % or more, as an active ingredient. A method for reducing astringency, including blending the astringency reducing agent into an oral product including an astringent substance.

A traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect and its preparation method and application are disclosed. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect is prepared by compounding the Paeoniae Radix Alba extract, the Gardeniae Fructus extract, the Albiziae Flos extract and the Moutan Cortex extract. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition has no toxic side effects and has remarkable treatment effect, and can be used as a dietary supplement or a health-care food ingredient to prevent and treat anxiety disorder, and promote mental health. It can be seen that the traditional Chinese medicine compound composition is suitable for promotion and application.

A traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect and its preparation method and application are disclosed. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect is prepared by compounding the Paeoniae Radix Alba extract, the Gardeniae Fructus extract, the Albiziae Flos extract and the Moutan Cortex extract. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition has no toxic side effects and has remarkable treatment effect, and can be used as a dietary supplement or a health-care food ingredient to prevent and treat anxiety disorder, and promote mental health. It can be seen that the traditional Chinese medicine compound composition is suitable for promotion and application.

A traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect and its preparation method and application are disclosed. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition with anti-anxiety effect is prepared by compounding the Paeoniae Radix Alba extract, the Gardeniae Fructus extract, the Albiziae Flos extract and the Moutan Cortex extract. The traditional Chinese medicine compound composition has no toxic side effects and has remarkable treatment effect, and can be used as a dietary supplement or a health-care food ingredient to prevent and treat anxiety disorder, and promote mental health. It can be seen that the traditional Chinese medicine compound composition is suitable for promotion and application.

Clinically validated methods of administering Yunnan Baiyao or Xingnaojing can improve postoperative recovery and long-term clinical prognosis of patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and emergency craniotomy. Both medicinal methods are useful for minimizing or inhibiting the adverse impacts of secondary injury, oxidative damage and neuroinflammation associated with TBI, spinal cord injury, craniotomy/craniectomy, cerebral hemostasis and hemorrhage, coagulopathy, stroke, neural injury and neuroinflammation, and for promoting the long-term functional recovery and well-being of the patients with the afore-mentioned diseases.

Clinically validated methods of administering Yunnan Baiyao or Xingnaojing can improve postoperative recovery and long-term clinical prognosis of patients with moderate-to-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and emergency craniotomy. Both medicinal methods are useful for minimizing or inhibiting the adverse impacts of secondary injury, oxidative damage and neuroinflammation associated with TBI, spinal cord injury, craniotomy/craniectomy, cerebral hemostasis and hemorrhage, coagulopathy, stroke, neural injury and neuroinflammation, and for promoting the long-term functional recovery and well-being of the patients with the afore-mentioned diseases.

A Chinese medicine composition for treating breast cancer includes Euphorbia kansui, Paeonia lactiflora, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Taraxacum, Gardeniae fructus, and Hordeum vulgare. A weight ratio of Euphorbia kansui, Paeonia lactiflora, Glycyrrhiza uralensis, Taraxacum, Gardeniae fructus, and Hordeum vulgare in the Chinese medicine composition is 1-2:4-6:2-3:3-5:2-4:2-3. Moreover, a method for treating breast cancer using the Chinese medicine composition is provided, including a step of administering the Chinese medicine composition at an effective dose ranging from 0.1 mg/ml to 10.0 mg/ml to a plurality of breast cancer cells for cultivation. Cell tests have confirmed that the Chinese medicine composition inhibits the activity of the breast cancer cells, achieving the purpose of treating breast cancer symptoms or inhibiting the activity of the breast cancer cells.