The Efficacy Of Cistanche On Longevity

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Once I went to the district to provide free clinical consultations to the local people. The local environment is good, the life expectancy of the elderly is relatively long, there are many old people with gray hair, and their mental state is very good. After the free clinic, we went to visit some local elderly people, most of whom were admirable veterans of the War of Resistance. In one of them, the grandfather alone was the only one. He was 93 years old and was able to take care of himself. When we went, the grandfather was still pouring vegetables in the yard, and he hurriedly entertained us when he saw us. His home is clean and tidy, except for his ears a little bit back, his thinking is clear, his eyesight is not dazzling, and his mental state is very good. I was very curious, so I asked my grandfather his secret formula for health care.

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The grandfather said that he works every day, eats a lot of tea, does not pay attention to food and clothes, and has no restrictions, what to eat. To be special, there is one thing I can't live without. After eating for more than 30 years, I have to eat a spoonful every night, and I just show it to myself. When I opened the bottle, there were powdered medicinal materials in the bottle. I took a bit and tasted it. It turned out to be cistanche extract powder.

Later, I checked the old man's body carefully and found that his pulse was calm, his tongue was rosy, and his body was very healthy. On the way back, I looked satisfied. My fellow colleagues asked me why I was so happy. I replied that I was planning to spread knowledge, but I didn't expect to have unexpected gains. I learned from others that Grandpa has always been in good health. I think his longevity is largely due to the Cistanche.

Cistanche is the fleshy stem of Cistanche deserticola or Cistanche tubulosa. Its taste is sweet, salty, warm in nature, and belongs to the kidney and large intestine meridian. Cistanche has the effects of nourishing kidney yang, nourishing blood, moisturizing the intestines and laxatives, and strengthening the waist. Intestinal dryness and constipation.

Cistanche is divided into sweet cistanche and salty cistanche. In the spring, the seedlings are dug out before or when they just grow out of the ground, the inflorescences are cut off, and then cut into slices and dried in the sun, called "sweet cistanche"; while the seedlings soaked in saltwater after being collected in autumn are called It is "salted cistanche." We usually use salty cistanche more, but less sweet cistanche.

The salty cistanche has the effect of nourishing the kidney and yang, while the sweet cistanche has the effect of yin and yang. Soak the sweet cistanche in wine, add 100 grams of sweet cistanche per 500ml of wine or add 50ml of rice wine per 500g of sweet cistanche, steam until the rice wine is dry, then slice and chew. You can also use 20 grams of Cistanche, 200 grams of stewed mutton, add japonica rice to cook porridge, or cook porridge with sweet cistanche, black beans, lotus seeds, and walnuts. The easiest and most effective way to eat it is to chew the sweet cistanche directly. It has the effect of nourishing the kidney. The method is simple and economical. It is very suitable for people with deficiency of both kidney yin and yang.

Inspired by the grandfather, I suggest that when you chew Cistanche, you must buy sweet cistanche, and ask if it has been soaked in saltwater before buying. If you chew, there will be basically no deficiency and no supplementation. It is best to chew 3 grams on an empty stomach before going to bed at night or in the morning.

"Shen Nong's Materia Medica" records: Cistanche maintains physiology and helps recovery from injuries, nourishes and improves immunity, removes the cold and heat pain in the stem, nourishes the five internal organs, strengthens the yin, and nourishes the essence and qi." "The Theory of Medicinal Properties" records its "benefiting marrow, joyful color, and prolonging life." Cistanche can treat women's blood collapse, male impotence, tonic, and promote better facial complexion and whitening skin. "Cistanche is suitable for adults with kidney deficiency, and not suitable for children and pregnant women.

How to distinguish sweet cistanche and salty cistanche?

The sweet cistanche is cylindrical and slightly flat, one end is slightly thin, slightly curved, 10 to 30 cm long, and 2 to 6 cm in diameter. The surface is gray-brown or brown, densely covered with thick fleshy scales, arranged in a tile-like pattern. It is solid, slightly tough, not easy to break, brown in section, with white spots or cracks. The breath is weak and the taste is slightly sweet.

The shape of salty cistanche is more irregular, dark brown, soft, with salt frost on the outside. The section is black, with slight air and a salty taste. All of the above are preferably meat, thick and long, brown, tender, and moisturized.