What Are The Benefits Of Cistanche?

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In the dry, desolate, desert of the Allashan League in the western part of Inner Mongolia, the boundless sand waves are churning, and occasionally I see a cluster of small shrubs and trees standing upright proudly, embellishing the vastness of life. What’s even more surprising is that a yellow-brown herb is parasitized at the roots of this Haloxylon tree. It was originally a creature in the ancient Mediterranean. Oasis, this small grass is the traditional Chinese medicinal material known as "desert ginseng"- Cistanche.

The traditional Chinese medicine herb Cistanche, also known as light day cloud or salty day cloud, is called "chagangaoya" in Mongolian. It is the fleshy stem with scales of the herbaceous plant of Cistanche, which is a herbaceous plant grown for many years. The original plants are short and sturdy, with thick stems, and yellow scales and leaves are arranged like shingles, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. Spike-like inflorescence, with a tube-shaped bell-shaped corolla on the top of the stem. The purple-brown flowers are light and not charming, and each has yellow bracts under the flowers. The ovoid capsule contains tiny seeds that are self-sown and live. Cistanche is mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, and it is also distributed in Gansu, Xinjiang, and Qinghai.

Cistanche is mainly produced in the Gobi and Xinjiang deserts of the Gualashan League in Inner Mongolia. It is an authentic Chinese medicinal material. Cistanche is mostly harvested in spring and autumn. Among them, it is better to excavate the spring seedlings when they are not unearthed or just unearthed. Its processing is also relatively simple. The underground bulbs obtained are dried in the sun, cut into sections, and are called dan dayun; fresh cistanche cistanche is placed in a natural salt pond for two to three years so that it is marinated thoroughly, and the external moisture is removed from the sun. It is called salty Dayun. Cistanche is preferred to be heavy, hard, slightly flexible, and not easy to break.

Cistanche has a mild, sweet, salty, warm nature, and it belongs to the kidney and large intestine meridian. It has the functions of nourishing essence and blood, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang, and moisturizing the intestines. It is used to treat impotence, infertility, weak waist and knees, weak muscles and bones, dry intestines, and constipation. Modern pharmacy studies have shown that Cistanche is rich in alkaloids, crystalline neutral substances, amino acids, trace elements, vitamins, and other ingredients, so it can adjust endocrine, promote metabolism and strengthen the role, and effectively treat men’s impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, and women’s menstruation. Irregularities, amenorrhea, infertility, and other diseases.

Cistanche polysaccharide has a significant effect on the formation and activity of human lymphocytes. It can increase the proliferation response of lymphocytes, thereby enhancing the body's immune function. Cistanche can also regulate the circulatory system, protect the ischemic heart muscle; reduce blood fat, resist arteriosclerosis, and resist thrombosis; reduce the resistance of peripheral blood vessels, dilate the peripheral blood vessels, reduce blood pressure, and protect the liver. The phenylbutazone sugar contained in Cistanche has a significant delaying effect on the aging of the hypophysis, gonad, thymus, and other parts of the human body, and has a certain anti-aging effect.