Encyclopedia Of Knowledge Related To Cistanche Deserticola

Apr 10, 2024

Guanhua Cistanche Quick Knowledge

Guanhua Cistanche, also known as Southern Xinjiang Dayun or Red Willow Dayun, is a plant of the Cistanche family. It parasitizes the roots of the Tamarix genus and is widely distributed in northern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Pakistan, India, and Central Asia of the former Soviet Union. It is naturally distributed in the Taklamakan Desert and its surrounding areas in southern Xinjiang.

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cistanche deserticola ma

As one of the nine immortal herbs in China and one of the ten precious Chinese herbal medicines, Cistanche deserticola has been one of the most commonly used tonifying medicines by medical practitioners throughout history for over a thousand years. The Compendium of Materia Medica states that it is a tonic that is gentle but not hot, nourishing but not steep, warm but not dry, and smooth but not leaking, hence the name Congrong. It has been used as a tribute to various countries in the Western Regions as a top grade. Traditionally, it has also been commonly used as food by the folk for nourishing purposes. Dr. Hotan Uyghur listed Dayun (commonly known as Guanhua Cistanche in Xinjiang) as a nourishing medicine.

Guanhua Cistanche is known as "desert ginseng" due to its precise nourishing effects. Its dry fleshy stems are included as authentic medicinal herbs in the 2005 and 2010 editions of the Pharmacopoeia of the People's Republic of China and are widely used in modern prescription drugs, health products, and other fields.

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Superman herbs cistanche

The geographical distribution of Cistanche deserticola

China is the main production area of Cistanche deserticola, with Guanhua Cistanche deserticola mainly produced in Xinjiang. It is mainly distributed in the nonfrozen soil area of Hotan at 37 ° C north latitude, mainly in seven counties and one city in the Hotan area, with Minfeng County and Yutian County being the most suitable. Under the unique warm temperate desert climate and the nourishing irrigation of the Kunlun Mountains snow water, the precious Chinese medicinal herb Cistanche deserticola grows and develops here.

Cistanche deserticola

Desert living cistanche tubulosa

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With the continuous increase in market demand and long-term indiscriminate mining, the wild resources of Cistanche deserticola have sharply decreased and are on the brink of depletion. To solve the resource problem of Cistanche deserticola and promote the sustainable development of the traditional Chinese medicine industry, large-scale artificial cultivation of Cistanche deserticola was carried out in the Hotan area of Xinjiang in the early 1990s. Due to its easy inoculation, fast growth, and high yield, it has now been cultivated on a large scale in Hotan, Aksu, and other areas of southern Xinjiang. Among them, more than 300000 acres of Tamarix plants were artificially planted in the Hotan area, and 200000 acres were inoculated with Cistanche deserticola. In 2013, the yield reached over 1000 tons, effectively solving the resource problem of Cistanche deserticola. It also managed large deserts and promoted poverty alleviation and local economic development for local farmers and herdsmen.

Pharmacological activity of Cistanche tubulosa

Guanhua Cistanche is a famous nourishing traditional Chinese medicine, which has the effects of nourishing kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestines, and promoting bowel movements. It is traditionally used to treat male impotence, female infertility, lower back and knee cold pain, blood stasis, and constipation. Modern pharmacological research, which began in 1985, has shown that Cistanche deserticola has various activities.

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Chinese herb cistanche

1, Neuroprotective effect

(1) Anti Alzheimer's disease (senile dementia)


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Chinese cistanche herb- Prevent Alzheimer's Disease

(2) Anti Parkinson's disease

2, Protecting against cerebral ischemia and ischemia-reperfusion injury

3, Improve learning and memory abilities

4, Immunomodulatory effect

5, Hepatoprotective effect

6, Antioxidant and anti-aging effects

7, Anti-fatigue and enhancing physical activity

8, Promoting bone growth

9, Laxative effect

10, Anti-inflammatory effects

11, Other pharmacological effects

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(1) Antitumor effect

(2) Radiation resistance

(3) Whitening effect

(4) Anti-allergic effect

(5) Vasodilation

(6) Inhibiting effect on prostate hyperplasia

(7) Stimulate ATP production

(8) Sedative effect

Clinical application of Cistanche deserticola


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The traditional use of Cistanche deserticola is to tonify kidney yang, benefits essence and blood, moisten intestines, and relieve constipation. With the development of modern medicine and the discovery of new pharmacological effects, Cistanche deserticola and its extracts are also used in clinical practice to treat diseases such as senile dementia and hyperlipidemia. The following is a summary:

1, Improving sexual dysfunction

2, Treating senile dementia

3, Treating constipation

4, Lowering blood lipids

5, Treating chronic pharyngitis

6, Treating elderly hematuria

7, Other clinical studies: It can be used to treat breast hyperplasia, women's syndrome, menopausal syndrome, protect residual kidney function, treat cervical spondylosis, functional uterine bleeding, and main Mahe's disease.


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