What is Galla Chinensis Extract?

100% Natural Tannic Acid is the gall produced mainly by parasitic aphids of Melaphis Chinensis (Bell) Baker on the leaf of Rhus chinensis Mill. , Rhus potaninii Maxim, or Rhus phunjabensis Stew. var. Sinica (Diels) Rehd. et Wils. (Fam. Anacardiaceae). According to its form, the drug is divided into “Dubai” and “Jiaobei.

According to the principles of traditional Chinese medicine, Chinese gall has sour, salty and cold properties, and is associated with the Kidney, Large Intestine, and Lung meridians. 100% natural tannic acid main functions are to help contain lung qi and to absorb moisture. Chinese gall has astringent, antidiarrheal and antibacterial properties. It treats digestive disorders such as diarrhea and dysentery, reduces coughs, congestion, and inflammation, and helps to stop night sweats and spontaneous perspiration. Chinese gall can also be applied topically to stop bleeding, promote wound healing, and reduce scarring from burns, scrapes, and cuts.

100% natural tannic acid is a specific form of tannin, a type of polyphenol. Its weak acidity (pKa around 10) is due to the numerous phenol groups in the structure. The chemical formula for commercial tannic acid is often given as C76H52O46, which corresponds with decagalloyl glucose, but in fact it is a mixture of polygalloyl glucoses or polygalloyl quinic acid esters with the number of galloyl moieties per molecule ranging from 2 up to 12 depending on the plant source used to extract the tannic acid.

Main Benefits

1. Antioxidant and antimicrobial.

2. It has the effect of improving the body disease-resistant ability, liver and gastrointestinal system function.

3. Treating chronic diarrhea and dysentery.

4. Dispelling heat, eliminating irritability, diuretic, cooling blood and detoxification.

5. Enhancing immunity.

Applications of 100% Natural Tannic Acid

1. As pharmaceutical raw materials for clearing heat, anti-inflammation and so on, it is mainly used in the pharmaceutical field.

2. As the raw material of product for benefiting stomach, increasing energy and boosting the immunity, widely used in the health industry.

3. Applied in food field, it can be produced into wine, canned, condensed juice and other more nourishment.

4. As active ingredients of skin care products, it is mainly used in cosmetic industry.

Mainly used as the clarifying agent of beer, wine, low-alcohol wine, can also be used for pineapple proteinase and food processing, etc.