Desert Ginseng - Cistanche!

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——Cistanche is one of the most remarkable natural resources from Hotan Xinjiang, China.

China is the main area that produces Cistanche tubulosa globally, Cistanche from Hotan Xinjiang is the most famous and most popular one due to its rich nutritious content. Cistanche is a parasitic plant that is a parasite on the root of the desert plant Salix which is naturally distributed in the south edge of Taklimakan Desert, with Hotan as the center and its surroundings.

——Chinese immortal herb, top nourishing herb!

Cistanche has been used as a medicinal herb for a long time. It tastes sweet and mild in nature. It can tonify the kidney and used to treat kidney deficiency; moisten the intestines and has been used to treat constipation. Due to its nourishing efficacy and its mild nature so it got the name Cistanche(congrong).

Cistanche deserticola, also known as "desert ginseng", grows in the edge area of the desert all year round. It was firstly published in Shennong's herbal classic listed as the "top-grade" medicine herb among more than 60 kinds of tonic traditional Chinese Medicine found in China. Cistanche has mild tonic property, so it was called "congrong" in ancient times. Sweet and warm, salty and moist, tonifying yang without dryness, and Yin without greasiness. Cistanche is an excellent choice for health preservation.

——Cistanche's historical status and efficacy.

The effects and functions of Cistanche are Tonifying Kidney Yang, benefiting essence and blood, nourishing internal organs, tonifying Qi and balance "Yin" and "Yang", and effective in anti-fatigue and injuries recovery. It is the most frequently used tonic herb in China. the fresh cistanche tastes like meat, mild. Cistanche deserticola was first published in the book of Shennong Materia Medica, which is listed as the top grade. it is also recorded as a tonic herb in many well-known Medical books in all dynasties.

Cistanche has rich content of phenylethanoid glycosides, iridoids, lignans, oligosaccharide esters, polyols, alkaloids, polysaccharides, etc.

Modern pharmacological research shows that the efficacy and function of Cistanche can improve body function, improve learning and memory ability, resist Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, anti-fatigue, anti-aging, protect the liver, moisten intestines and defecate, and so on. Western medicine believes that Cistanche belongs to a valuable medicinal material that can excite the pituitary and adrenal cortex or has a function similar to adrenocortical hormone and regulate the immune function of the body. The polysaccharide content in cistanche is also high, and the immune enhancement effect of polysaccharides may play a major role in the strength and tonic effect of Cistanche deserticola. The protective effect on the liver and kidney is also obvious.

Tu Pengfei, Professor of the Department of natural pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Peking University, proposed in his works that the total glycosides of Cistanche have a strong protective effect on the immune function of radiation-damaged mice, and the extract of Mullein glycoside from Cistanche deserticola can also enhance the immune function of the body.

——Desert ginseng, longevity secret. The gift of nature and the health wisdom of the Chinese people in the western region

In ancient times, Cistanche was a precious tribute to the royal family. It is both food that can be consumed on a daily basis and also a medicinal herb that often appears in the prescriptions of old traditional Chinese medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cistanche contains 16 kinds of amino acids, which have the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, moistening dryness and tendons, nourishing essence and blood, lubricating the intestine, promoting the release of the adrenocortical hormone, and enhancing immune function. It is applicable to weak persons with fistula, spermatorrhea, sore waist and knees, intestinal dryness, constipation, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, infertility, impotence, spermatorrhea, dripping urination, hoarseness, aphonia, constipation and deficiency cold diarrhea.