What Does The Herb Cistanche Plant Look Like? What Is The Use?

Mar 08, 2022

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In desert areas with early or semi-arid early days like Xinjiang, due to their special geographical and climatic conditions, there are 3 families, 4 genera, and 11 species of parasitic plants with medicinal value, and the herb Cistanche is one of them.

Cistanche tubulosa has many effects, click here to know more

Cistanche tubulosa has many effects, click here to know more

The herb Cistanche is mainly parasitized on the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron, Haloxylon ammodendron and Tamarix, and Tamarix. The plant of Cistanche deserticola is 80-100 cm tall, with yellow underground stems, thick fleshy flesh, dense fleshy scales, and leaves: terminal panicle; capsule, ovoid: seeds brown, many, very small, oval-ovate, with nets and luster: embryo After ripening, the flowering period is from May to June, and the harvest period is from June to July.

(Total parasitic plants refer to plants that do not contain chlorophyll in their body and cannot make their own nourishment noodles and rely on absorbing water and nutrients in the host body to maintain their own life.)

cistanche herb

cistanche herb


Cistanche deserticoh (Cistncho deserticola) is a perennial obligate parasitic herb of the genus Cistanche in the Orobanchaceae family (Orobanchaceae), with about 20 species worldwide. The herb Cistanche is an endangered species in my country, and it is also a traditional and precious Chinese herbal medicine. Its fleshy stem with scales is the main medicinal part.

cistanche be know as desert ginseng

cistanche be known as desert ginseng


Cistanche plant was first published in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica" as a tonic and was listed as the top grade. The cistanche plant has the effects of nourishing kidney yang, nourishing essence and blood, and moisturizing the intestines. It is mainly used to treat male impotence, female infertility, blood dry constipation, etc. . It has the highest frequency of appearance in the prescription of nourishing kidney yang, and it is called "desert ginseng".

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cistanche slice


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