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    Spleen-Harmonizing, Blood-Glucose Lowering & Hepatic Antisteatosis Sovereign (健脾生津 / 消积化滞平肝降糖降脂保肝利胆抗氧化治消渴烦热食积泄泻脂肪肝高脂血症 — 传统南洋热带第一酸甜神果 Kundang / 芒果同科降血糖与保肝圣果 / 漆树科花青素与芒果苷药王)

    庚大利 / 芒庚大利 / 蒲雅 / 坤当果 / 芒果同属同科 — Bouea macrophylla Griff. (syn. Mangifera gandaria)

    Pinyin: Gēngdàlì / Máng Gēngdàlì / Púyǎ · Malay: Kundang / Gandaria / Kundang Daun Lebar / Rumbia / Plum Mango / Mango Plum · Family: Anacardiaceae (漆树科 / 庚大利属)

    Botanical Illustration

    Energetics

    Neutral to Cool (平 / 酸甘微凉)

    Flavor

    Sweet, subacid, refreshing in fruit; astringent in leaf (大甘、大酸、微涩、平)

    Meridians

    Spleen (脾), Stomach (胃), Liver (肝), Lung (肺)

    Traditional Edict

    Plum Mango / Gandaria (Kundang / Gandaria / Geng Da Li). Succulent plum-like mango fruit with purple seed kernels. Sovereign for Quenching Diabetic Thirst & Hepatic Lipid Clearance: fresh sweet-tart fruit stimulates saliva, stabilizes blood sugar, and clears fatty liver.

    Cautions & Contraindications

    • Avoid eating excessive unpeeled sour unripe fruits on an empty stomach in active peptic ulcers. Exceptional dietary, maternal, and pediatric safety profile. Safe in pregnancy and lactation.

    Clinical Applications

    • Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (alpha-glucosidase inhibition and skeletal GLUT4 glucose disposal via Mangiferin >= 1.50%), Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and hyperlipidemia, and summer heatstroke thirst.

    Quality Markers

    Mangiferin (芒果苷) >= 1.50% in leaves/peel, Cyanidin-3-glucoside (in purple seed), Ascorbic Acid >= 85 mg/100g (HPLC standard)

    Mechanism & Phytochemistry

    1. Mangiferin activates hepatic AMPK and inhibits intestinal alpha-glucosidase, blunting postprandial glucose. 2. Purple seed anthocyanins and ascorbic acid protect hepatocytes against lipid peroxidation.

    Preparation & Dosage

    THE SOVEREIGN KUNDANG ANTIDIABETIC & LIPID-LOWERING TISANE: 15 to 20 g dried leaves boiled in 500 mL water for 15 min; taken warm after meals to lower postprandial glucose. Fresh fruit diet: 100 to 200 g fresh ripe Kundang fruits eaten raw.

    Appended Prescriptions

    • 1. The Sovereign Diabetic Spleen-Harmonizing Tisane with Mulberry leaf (Sang Ye). 2. Hepatic Antisteatosis Lipid-Clearing Juice with Apium graveolens (Celery).

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