The Benefits Of A Cup Of Cistanche Tea

Guanhua Cistanche is a precious and rare parasitic medicinal herb with the effects of tonifying kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, moistening intestines, and promoting bowel movements. It is commonly used to treat male impotence, female infertility, blood avalanche, vaginal discharge, cold pain in the waist and knees, weakness in muscles and bones, and constipation caused by blood stasis. It is known as "desert ginseng".

Modern research shows that it can improve renal function, enhance memory, fight against senile dementia, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, and regulate immune function. Traditionally, it has been commonly consumed as food by people for nourishing purposes. Dr. Hotan Uyghur also listed Dayun as a tonic.

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Cistanche deserticola contains abundant alkaloids, crystalline neutral substances, amino acids, trace elements, vitamins, and other components. The main components are quercetin and piloside.

The main chemical components of Cistanche deserticola are phenylethanoid glycosides, iridoids, and their glycosides, lignans, and polysaccharides. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that phenylethanoid glycosides are the most important active substances in Cistanche deserticola, and have obvious anti-Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, myocardial ischemia, and other effects.

Main Chemical Constituents of Cistanche deserticola

The most common use of Cistanche deserticola is to soak it in water and drink it. But do you know the benefits of drinking like this?

1. Anti-fatigue and enhancing physical strength

Phenylethanol glycosides in Cistanche deserticola can store energy by reducing muscle damage and delaying lactate accumulation, thereby exerting anti-fatigue effects; Cistanche water decoction can improve exercise endurance, and accelerate the elimination of fatigue, reduce the increase in serum creatine kinase after load exercise, maintain normal skeletal muscle ultrastructure after exercise, and achieve the effect of enhancing physical strength.

In traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that drinking water soaked in Cistanche deserticola in daily life can improve mental health, effectively enhance the body's immune system, and prevent colds.

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2. Tonifying the Kidney

Experimental studies have shown that Cistanche deserticola extract can protect renal tubular cells, prevent renal interstitial lesions, slow down the rate of renal failure, and effectively prevent secondary bacterial infections in patients with chronic renal failure. It has therapeutic effects on both chronic and acute kidney disease.

3. Runchang laxative

The components of galactose and oligosaccharides in Cistanche deserticola can significantly promote intestinal peristalsis, increase intestinal osmotic pressure, and inhibit water absorption in the large intestine; Guanhua Cistanche belongs to the warm and nourishing nature and has the effect of promoting bowel movements without damaging vital energy.

4. Prevention and treatment of hypertension

The active ingredient in Cistanche deserticola, quercetin, has an endothelial-dependent vasodilation effect on the aortic ring; Kankanoside F, Kankanose, Verbascoside, and Cistanoside F, all of the phenylethanolamide compounds, have vasodilatory effects.

Drinking Guanhua Cistanche tea can have a good effect on relaxing blood vessels and lowering blood pressure.

5. Protecting the liver

Total glycosides of Cistanche deserticola can inhibit liver cancer cells at the early stage of liver cancer

The functional component of Cistanche deserticola, total glycosides of Cistanche deserticola, has the effect of reducing cell apoptosis and necrosis, increasing cell survival rate, and achieving protection of primary liver cells; At the same time, it can accelerate the liver's decomposition and metabolism of alcohol, helping the liver detoxify.

Total glycosides of Cistanche deserticola can inhibit liver cancer cells at the early stage of liver cancer.

To sum up, total glycosides of Cistanche deserticola inhibit the proliferation and growth of HepG2 cells by influencing cell cycle progression, destroying cell structure, promoting cell apoptosis, and limiting cell migration.

6. Boosting immunity

The mechanism of Cistanche deserticola in enhancing immunity

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Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides can promote the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes, but the proliferation effect of B lymphocytes is significantly stronger than that of T lymphocytes. Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides promote the release of cytokine IL22 from lymphocytes, which is related to promoting splenic lymphocyte proliferation. Cistanche deserticola can activate macrophages and regulate the immune system. Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides, echinaside, and piloside have significant effects on the formation and activity of human lymphocytes. It can increase the proliferation response of lymphocytes, thereby enhancing the immune function of the body.

The functional components of Cistanche deserticola total glycosides have a significant impact on cell recovery after 60Coy radiation damage, and can also enhance immune function against radiation damage.

Cistanche deserticola extract can not only compensate for innate immune deficiency but also enhance acquired immunity.