The Story That Cistanche And Emperor Qianlong Had To Tell
Mar 02, 2022
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There is a saying: "It's hard to be an emperor, it's even harder to be an emperor, and to be a good emperor with longevity is even harder!" But Emperor Qianlong did it! Emperor Qianlong was born on September 25, 1711, and died on February 7, 1799. He was 89 years old and was the oldest emperor in Chinese history. After the British envoy Macartney went to Chengde Mountain Resort to meet Emperor Qianlong, he described Qianlong like this: "Looking at the wind god, although he is 83 years old, he looks like 60 people, he is strong and can surpass the young; Circumstances, order rules, strict rules, and very surprised.” This means that Qianlong is 83 years old, but he looks only 60 years old, and he is very healthy, overwhelming young people both mentally and physically.

As the saying goes: "The palace of the gods in the sky, the house of the gods of the world", when it comes to the emperor who is the most healthy emperor in China, he is really Emperor Qianlong. He has the sixteen-character health secrets of "spitting out the lungs and organs, moving the muscles and bones, ten perseverance and four do not, and nourishing at the right time" and his personal health care practices. This is consistent with the analysis of the reasons for Qianlong’s longevity by experts in the Qing court’s medical records. There are three main aspects: one is to pay attention to physical exercises, like hunting and traveling, that is, to "spit out the internal organs and move the muscles and bones"; "Four no"; third, long-term symptomatic use of longevity drugs, that is, "timely tonic", that is, at the right time, eat some tonic and nourishing foods, these nutritious foods can help prolong life.

Experts who studied the medical records of the Qing palace believed that Emperor Qianlong's longevity had a lot to do with the longevity medicine he used in his daily life. Qianlong’s imperial physicians carefully formulated many longevity prescriptions for Qianlong, most of which were spleen and kidney supplements, such as ginseng, astragalus, Cistanche, and many other kidney medicines. They were mainly used to treat muscle weakness, dizziness, night sweats, and nocturnal emission, Impotence. This is because Chinese medicine believes that the kidney is the innate foundation, and the innate foundation is sufficient, and the physique is considered healthy. Modern medical research has proved that Cistanche contains phenylpropanoids sugar, which has a good anti-aging effect. Phenylpropanol sugar has a significant delaying effect on the aging of the hypophysis, gonads, thymus, and other parts of the human body. Therefore, Cistanche can improve the body's aging symptoms, restore the energy, physical strength, and vitality of the elderly, and has a good anti-aging effect.

Cistanche natural extract
In fact, the name of Cistanche embodies its magical function, "Cistanche" means "calm", which means mild medicinal properties; "flesh" means fleshy and delicious meat. It is a delicious and mild tonic. The people in the areas where Cistanche was produced in ancient times often used it as food. "Scrape off the scales and wash with wine to remove the black juice, thinly slice it, and combine yam and mutton to make it beautiful. It is beneficial to eat and take the tonic." Do you have an urge to taste it in an instant?
In the past, only people with great wealth and supreme power like the emperor had the opportunity to often nourish Cistanche, but now, all of us can taste this treasure and experience the infinite benefits that Cistanche brings to our bodies.

Dried Cistanche





