A Fructus Forsythiae and Radix Astragali compound preparation, and a preparation method therefor and a use thereof is provided. Traditional Chinese medicine formulation components consist of the following raw materials or raw material extracts in parts by mass: 9-11 parts of Flos Lonicerae, 9-11 parts of Fructus Forsythiae, 9-11 parts of Radix Scutellariae, 9-11 parts of Herba Artemisiae Annuae, 9-11 parts of Radix Astragali, 9-11 parts of stir-fried Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, 9-11 parts of Herba Pogostemonis, 5-7 parts of Radix Saposhnikoviae, 9-11 parts of Radix Ophiopogonis, and 5-7 parts of Radix Glycyrrhizae. The components can be made into an oral liquid, a granule, a dissolved medicine, or a tablet. Further disclosed is a use of the Fructus Forsythiae and Radix Astragali compound preparation in preparation of medicines for preventing and/or treating a viral influenza disease.

Disclosed herein is a method for improving the health of animal or human microflora using aloe vera. A method of purifying decolorized dried aloe vera leaf juice is also disclosed. The method may include removing an aloe vera leaf from an aloe vera plant, washing and/or sanitizing the leaf, and grinding the leaf into a slurry and subsequently purifying with activated carbon. The method may remove pigmented substances including the undesirable phenolic compounds present in aloe vera latex, and in particular the anthrones aloin A and aloin B, aloesin (a chromone) and aloe-emodin (an anthraquinone). Following purification, the liquid juice may then be spray-dried to form a final dry juice powder.

Methods for the production of different cannabis product compositions. Method for the production of at least two different cannabis product compositions from a solid cannabis plant material are described including providing a solid cannabis plant material containing at least one cannabinoid and at least one terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R100; first extracting from said solid cannabis plant material a first composition comprising at least 10% but less than 90% of said cannabinoid and at least 1% of said terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R101, wherein R101 differs from R100 by at least 10%; second extracting from said solid cannabis plant material a second composition comprising at least 10% of said cannabinoid and at least 1% of said terpene at cannabinoid to terpene weight/weight ratio R102, wherein R102 differs from R101 by at least 10%; and optionally refining said first composition, said second composition, or both.

Disclosed is a composition including, per 100% of its mass: a) 60.0% to 75.0% by mass of an organic solvent (OS.sub.1) chosen from 1,2-propanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,3-butanediol, 1,2-butanediol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol, 1,6-hexanediol, 1,8-octanediol, or a mixture of these compounds; b) 0.1% to 2.0% by mass of a composition (ES) including an amount by mass x.sub.1, expressed as mass equivalent of 1-O-(2-caffeoyl)maloyl-3,5-di-O-catfeoylquinic acid, of greater than or equal to 200 mg/g of a compound of general formula (I):

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in which Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Q.sub.3, Q.sub.4 and Q.sub.5 represent, independently of each other, a hydroxyl radical or a salt thereof or a radical chosen from caffeoyl, maloyl, caffeoyl maloyl and maloyl caffeoyl radicals, it being understood that at least one of these radicals Q.sub.1, Q.sub.2, Q.sub.3, Q.sub.4 and Q.sub.5 represents neither the —OH radical nor a salt thereof; and c) 20.0% to 35.0% by mass of water. Related treatments are also disclosed.

Disclosed are a Piper laetispicum extract and a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The Piper laetispicum extract includes any one or more of sesamin, (2E,6E)-N-isobutyl-7-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)heptadienamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyldodecane-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-15-phenylpentadeca-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E,14Z)—N-isobutyleicosane-2,4,14-trienamide, and (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-13-phenyltrideca-2,4-dieneamide. The Piper laetispicum extract can prevent depression.

Single-serve containers for use in brewing a cannabis-based beverage are described, as are methods for preparing a single-serve container configured for receipt in a single-serve brewing machine. The method includes: adding a processed cannabis product to the single-serve container; adding, to the single-serve container, at least one of an extraction or flavoring agent; and sealing the single-serve container.

The present invention relates to an antioxidant composition containing an extracellular polysaccharide produced using Ceriporia lacerata, or a mycelium culture of Ceriporia lacerata comprising the same, or a dry powder or an extract thereof as an active ingredient. The composition can be used as an antioxidant for preventing or treating various diseases such as brain diseases such as stroke, Parkinson's disease, etc., heart diseases, ischemia, arteriosclerosis, skin damage, inflammation, rheumatism, autoimmune diseases, etc. including cancers as well as aging, or as a health functional food, a cosmetic material or a feed composition having an antioxidant effect.

This invention describes a new method to maximize the epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) content of brewed tea made using leaves and buds from C. sinensis. Unlike conventional tea processing methods, the method of the invention aims to minimize the leaf withering step, the oxidation step and any heating steps, all of which are present in many conventional tea processing methods. The method of the invention treats minimally withered tea leaf and bud material with an acid treatment and then a maceration treatment, optionally freezing the acid-treated material for storage purposes. The brewed tea resulting from the acid-treated and macerated leaves has a significantly higher EGCG content than conventionally produced teas.

A cannabis composition includes a cannabis material and an additive solution. Cannabis material includes flowers, sugar leaves, and fan leaves from a cannabis plant, and can be configured to be finely cut or coarsely cut. An additive solution includes honey and a cannabis extract. Further disclosed is a method of manufacture of a cannabis composition, including a method for allowing a cannabis composition to ferment and a method of heating a cannabis composition.

Provided are a method of extracting saponin which is the physiologically active component of akebia quinata with high efficiency, by sequentially subjecting to a) adding akebia quinata flesh to akebia quinata seeds and performing aging; and b) extracting with alcohol, a method of further improving saponin extraction efficiency by adding ginger, and a food composition containing the extract produced by this method. Higher added value may be created by improving the saponin extraction efficiency from akebia quinata seeds using akebia quinata flesh which has not been utilized when extracting saponin.