Cistanche Deserticola -- Tonifying The Kidney And Strengthening The Body

Cistanche Deserticola -- Tonifying the Kidney and Strengthening the Body

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Cistanche deserticola, also known as Dayun and desert ginseng, is a parasitic herb. It is mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Ningxia. It is named Cistanche deserticola because its body surface is covered with scales, its qualitative stem is like meat, and its properties are warm but not dry, slippery but not diarrhea, and tonic but not severe.

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Ancient and modern medical works on Cistanche deserticola

Due to its good tonic effect, Cistanche deserticola has become one of the tonics that often appear in the prescriptions of ancient and modern physicians. Many Chinese traditional medical works have discussed this. According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, Cistanche deserticola is tonic but not severe. According to the records of Huazi Materia Medica, Cistanche deserticola can treat male impotence and female menopausal infertility; Cistanche deserticola can moisten the five internal organs, promote the growth of muscles and warm joints. Shennong herbal classic records that the taste of Cistanche deserticola is sweet. It mainly cures fatigue, replenishes blood and essence, nourishes the five internal organs, and can strengthen and lighten the body after taking it for a long time. According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Cistanche deserticola can moisten the intestines and defecate. It is used to treat impotence, infertility, muscle weakness, and constipation. Northern Chinese herbal medicine records that Cistanche deserticola is mild, non-toxic, tonifying the kidney, suitable for both men and women.

Pharmacological action of Cistanche deserticola

In recent years, many medical experts have done a lot of scientific research on Cistanche deserticola, and have basically understood its pharmacological properties and chemical components. The results show that Cistanche deserticola contains alkaloids, crystalline neutral substances and other chemical components, such as phenylpropanoid glycosides, echinacoside, salidroside, and eugenol glycosides; Iridoid glycosides such as yuyejinhua acid, gardenias acid, motherwort glycoside, etc., lignan glycosides such as gooseberry astaxanthin, rosin, lipophenol, etc; There are other carotenes, syringin, mannitol, glucose, alkaloids, succinic acid, etc.

It is found that the chemical components contained in Cistanche deserticola, such as eugenol glycoside and salidroside, can effectively promote the central nervous system function, enhance the secretion of sex hormones and release of related transmitters, so as to improve sexual desire. It is reported that Australian medical scientist durwickon conducted a comparative test on 8 mice with Cistanche deserticola extract. The results showed that the mating and ejaculation rates of 4 mice injected with Cistanche deserticola extract were significantly increased, and the cold resistance time of these 4 mice was also prolonged by 3 times. The same function of the other four mice without injection of the extract was significantly lower.

Health care function of Cistanche deserticola

The main functions of Cistanche deserticola are as follows:

1. Replenish vitality, improve cellular immunity and humoral immunity, and enhance disease resistance.

2. Warming and tonifying the kidney, removing cold and moisture, promoting blood circulation, treating impotence, early urination, frequent urination, etc.

3. Moisturize the body, supplement Yin Qi, and treat muscle weakness and constipation due to yin deficiency of liver and kidney.

From the perspective of health care effect, Cistanche deserticola has many unique features. It can tonify the kidney and strengthen Yang, but it will not be excessive. Therefore, regular use will not lead to symptoms such as dry mouth, burning gums, and so on. Cistanche deserticola tonify the kidney but does not harm Yin Qi, moistens the intestines, and defecates but does not harm the body. Cistanche deserticola increases the osmotic pressure in the intestines, reduces the absorption of water, and promotes intestinal peristalsis, so as to soften the stool and discharge it slowly. In addition, Cistanche deserticola has no toxic side effects. It is a popular, safe, and effective traditional Chinese medicine.

Anti-aging effect of Cistanche deserticola

With the continuous expansion and deepening of the research field of traditional Chinese medicine, the research, development, and utilization of Cistanche deserticola have been paid more and more attention by medical scientists at home and abroad. It is reported that after years of exploration and research, researchers have found that Cistanche deserticola can protect nerve cells, inhibit the apoptosis of nerve cells, increase the release of neurotransmitters in the brain, promote the repair of nerve cells, improve brain circulation, and other functions, and play an obvious role in enhancing memory, preventing senile dementia, protecting the liver and anti-aging. Research shows that Cistanche deserticola also has the effects of antioxidation, reducing blood pressure, reducing alanine aminotransferase, and increasing appetite

For the anti-aging research of Cistanche deserticola, foreign scholars are not willing to lag behind. A recent study by New Zealand medical scientist Doren shows that the extract of Cistanche deserticola can promote lymphocyte transformation, increase leukocytes and prolong the existence time of antibodies. It can effectively improve the immune ability of the body and also play a certain role in preventing enteritis and colorectal cancer.

Ingestion of Cistanche deserticola

The ingestion method of Cistanche deserticola is basically the same as that of general tonic traditional Chinese medicine. It can be used alone or in combination. Patients can make it into different products according to their own needs. Tea, or decoction, or paste, or soup, or wine, etc.

Tea drinking method: wash the meat from the beginning, steam it soft in the pot, cut it into thin slices, make tea and take it. The daily consumption of 6-9g is the most appropriate.

Decoction method: take 15g Cistanche deserticola, 12g hemp kernel, 9g fried Fructus aurantii, 3G Cimicifuga, 15g Trichosanthes kernel, 6G Yuli kernel, and 12g Achyranthes bidentata. Fry the above seven herbs together for 50 minutes and then take them.

Soup boiling method: take 150g Cistanche deserticola, 50g yam, and 100g mutton. Remove the scales of Cistanche deserticola, wash and slice it, put it into a pot with yam and mutton, boil it into a soup and eat it.

Brewing method: Cistanche deserticola 50 grams, Baijiu 1 kilograms, Cistanche wash after the wine into the bubble, and sealed. You can take it after 10 days.