Can Cistanche Be Eaten Raw?

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Cistanche is generally not recommended to be eaten raw. Cistanche is a very good Chinese medicinal material for improving kidney function. It can help improve the body's immunity and anti-aging ability and has extremely high medicinal value. In general, Cistanche is often combined with other Chinese medicinal materials and taken by decoction. In daily life. Cistanche can be used to cook porridge, boil soup, soak wine, make tea, etc. It can regulate the endocrine so that women can achieve anti-oxidation and beauty. Children's consumption of Cistanche can improve memory, promote learning, and improve brain function; For men, Cistanche can also protect the kidneys very well, it is often used in men to treat impotence and improve sexual dysfunction.

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In order to fully utilize the medicinal properties of Cistanche, it is not recommended to eat Cistanche raw. Although eating raw Cistanche has no obvious side effects, the effective ingredients in Cistanche are easy to accumulate in the intestines and are not easy to be digested. For people with poor digestion, it may cause diarrhea, bloating, acid reflux, and other discomforts, so it is still It is recommended that you use Cistanche to make tea, porridge, soup, and wine.

However, The best way to eat Cistanche is recommended to take medicine Cistanche extract or Cistanche supplements, both of which are made by deep processing and extraction of the effective ingredients of Cistanche according to the needs of the human body. The small molecules of the Cistanche extract are easily absorbed by human cells. Eating 5g of Cistanche extract or Cistanche supplement is roughly equivalent to eating 500g of Cistanche directly.