What is cistanche?

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What is Cistanche? Cistanche is a blind Chinese herbal medicine. It was first published in "Shen Nong's Materia Medica". It has the reputation as "desert ginseng". It is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Cistanche in the Lidanaceae family. In the warm and dry regions of Europe and Asia, my country's Cistanche plants are mainly distributed in Inner Mongolia (Alexa League, Bayannaoer City), Xinjiang, Gansu, China)

Cistanche/cistanche deserticola/cistanche tubulosa

What is Cistanche? Cistanche is a fleshy stem with scale leaves of cistanche. It is mainly produced in sandy soil and semi-sandy grassland areas in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and other places. Cistanche cistanche is a relatively flat tonic and has a relatively large tonic power. It is suitable for long-term supplementation. Because its tonic to humans is similar to ginseng, it is called desert ginseng.

Cistanche flower

The appearance of Cistanche:

The fleshy stem of the Cistanche plant is long, flat, and cylindrical, 3 to 15 cm long, 2 to 8 cm in diameter, thick at the bottom, and thin at the top. The surface is brown or gray-brown, densely covered with fleshy scale leaves arranged in tile-like shape, and the scale leaves are rhomboid or triangular. Weight, hard to break. The section is brown, with light brown dotted vascular bundles, arranged in a wave-like ring pattern, and the Kibe occupies about 4/5, sometimes hollow. Slight smell, sweet taste, slightly bitter. It is better to have thick, densely scaly leaves and soft textures.

cistanche deserticola benefits

Since the 1980s, scholars at home and abroad have conducted in-depth studies on the chemical components and biological activities of Cistanche and achieved great results. Phenyl glycosides, iridoids and their glycosides, lignin, Flavonoids, and other active ingredients, which can invigorate the kidney and strengthen yang, laxative and moisturize the intestines, protect the liver, immune regulation, anti-aging, anti-tumor, improve learning and memory, anti-osteoporosis, promote wound healing, protect ischemic myocardium, and improve microcirculation And so on.

cistanche be known as desert ginseng