Modern Pharmacological Activity Of Cistanche

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According to the Chinese Pharmacopoeia, Cistanche nourishes the kidney yang, nourishes the essence and blood, nourishes the bowel, and can be used for impotence, infertility, weakness of the waist and knees, weakness of the muscles and bones, dry intestines, and constipation. The medicinal effects of Cistanche are mainly as follows.

1. Enhance immunity

The water extract of Cistanche can significantly enhance the phagocytic ability of the peritoneal macrophages of experimental animals and enhance the hemolysin and PFC values, indicating that the drug has an enhanced effect on the body's non-specific immune function. Its water extract can also increase the weight of the immune organs of experimental animals, and the amount of H-TDR infiltrated into lymphocytes increases, indicating that it can promote specific cellular immune functions.

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2. Regulate the central nervous system and endocrine function

Cistanche extract can increase the content of norepinephrine and 5-hydroxyanisole acetic acid in the hypothalamus of rats, increasing the ratio of dopamine to Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid, and significantly increasing the DPAC in the striatum. The effects of Cistanche on the metabolism of monoamine neurotransmitters in the hypothalamus can directly or indirectly regulate pituitary-gonad function. This is the fundamental difference between Cistanche and synthetic hormone drugs for "impotence". Cistanche has no androgen-like substances. Its function of nourishing the kidney and strengthening the yang is to stimulate its endogenous pituitary-gonad function and regulate endocrine by synthesizing male and female hormones by itself. This is the essence of invigorating the kidney and yang. This kind of Chinese medicine for invigorating kidneys and yang is not only for men but also for women. Because it can enhance the luteinizing function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary without affecting the endocrine balance of the natural reproductive cycle.

3. Enhance physical strength

The water extract of Cistanche can prolong the swimming time of mice and can reduce the increase of serum creatine kinase in experimental animals after exercise. The ultrastructure of skeletal muscle showed rich glycogen content, and mitochondria were generally proliferated and hypertrophy without swelling and vacuole after exercise. It suggests that Cistanche has the effects of anti-fatigue and strengthening physical strength. Cistanche can antagonize the breakdown of proteins produced after exercise, regulate the ultrastructure of cells, and promote protein synthesis.

Cistanche polysaccharides can relieve physical fatigue

4. Enhance learning and memory function

Cistanche can enhance the learning and memory function of normal mice, and it has an obvious protective effect on the memory loss of mice induced by ethanol.

5. Anti-aging effect

The water extract of Cistanche can prolong the lifespan of silkworms and fruit flies, and can significantly increase the SOD activity of mice. Reduced mice physical strength, cold resistance, and tolerance to hypoxia caused by ozone, increased plasma, liver, and brain lipid peroxide content, increased brain type B monoamine oxidase activity and decreased serum superoxide dismutase activity. All have an obvious inhibitory effect, indicating that its water extract can directly or indirectly eliminate the damage of free radicals to the body and achieve the effect of delaying aging.

Cistanche has been proven to delay aging

6, protect the liver

Cistanche water extract has a protective effect on liver injury in mice caused by carbon tetrachloride.