Ashitaba (Angelica keiskei)

• Nutrients: Flavonoids including chalcones, coumarins, chlorophyll, plant polyphenols and other phytochemicals

• Benefits:

  • Provides antioxidant compounds that help protect cells from oxidative damage.

  • Contains bioactive compounds being studied for their anti-inflammatory properties.

  • May influence glucose and lipid metabolism, based mainly on preclinical research.

  • Has potential metabolic and liver-protective properties.

Chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)

• Nutrients: Flavonoids including luteolin, apigenin and quercetin derivatives, phenolic acids including chlorogenic acid, polysaccharides, volatile oils and other plant compounds

• Benefits

  • Supplies antioxidant compounds that help protect cells from oxidative stress.

  • Contains compounds being investigated for their anti-inflammatory activity.

  • Has potential cardiovascular and metabolic benefits.

  • Traditionally consumed as a tea and used in Chinese herbal practices for eye comfort and relief of certain heat-associated symptoms.

Platycodon Root (Platycodon grandiflorus)

• Nutrients: Triterpenoid saponins particularly platycosides, polysaccharides, flavonoids, phenolic acids, amino acids and minerals in varying amounts

• Benefits: 

  • Traditionally used to help relieve coughs and support the clearance of phlegm

  • contains compounds with antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities in experimental studies.

  • Has potential metabolic benefits, including effects on glucose and lipid metabolism.

  • Contains bioactive compounds being investigated for immune-modulating properties.

Kumazasa (Kuma bamboo grass)

• Nutrients: Polyphenols and flavonoids, other plant-derived phenolic compounds, carbohydrates and plant fibre, depending on the material

• Benefits: 

  • ​Contains plant compounds with potential antioxidant activity.

  • Certain bamboo-leaf extracts have demonstrated antimicrobial activity.

  • Preliminary research on Sasa veitchii extracts suggests potential wound-healing and gastrointestinal protective effects.