What Is The Relationship Between The Medicinal Value Of Cistanche And Its Growth Environment?

Introduction:

Cistanche, also known as Dayun. Tall herb, 40-160cm high, most of it grows underground. It is mainly produced in Xinjiang and Inner Mongolia and is also distributed in Gansu and Ningxia. Historically, it has been regarded as a treasure of the tribute court by the countries of the Western Regions, and it is also one of the most frequently used tonic drugs in the prescriptions for nourishing kidney and strengthening yang in the past dynasties. It is now an endangered species and is a second-level national protected plant. Cistanche is parasitic on the roots of tamarisk in the desert. In the soil of the desert, the soil is not thick and the rain is not enough.

What kind of growth and persistence is it to "practice" oneself as a Chinese medicinal material with the same source of medicine and food?

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What kind of harsh environment does Cistanche grow in?

I finally found the answer in its peculiar growth environment.

Cistanche is a parasitic herb for many years, and it is often parasitic on the roots of Tamarisk, a "pioneer in sand control" plant. Each red willow activates the life form of Cistanche.

A steady stream of nutrients is transported from the thickening Tamarisk roots to the embryos (parasitic discs) of Cistanche, and the two are connected by an "umbilical cord", like a mother and a fetus in the abdomen.

Cistanche can grow in the rare arid desert zone of minus 40 ℃ and minus 60 ℃. The harsh living environment has created its perseverance and extraordinary value.

The singularity and fragility of the desert ecology itself is a harsh test of "natural selection". Only a life with a firm personality and an understanding of symbiosis and dedication can continue in the long river of time and space.

The combination of Cistanche and Tamarisk is both accidental and inevitable.

A seed of Cistanche, from the day it is combined with Cistanche, has to go through 2-3 years of unknown underground growth and severe cold and heat. The moment it becomes mature is the time when it breaks through the ground.

It has to complete all the processes of flowering and seed setting before the rainy season, and it grows an average of 7-8 cm per day. From scorching the flower to the end of the oil and the lamp, the accumulation of three years is only one dynasty's inheritance.

The Hotan area of Xinjiang is rich in Cistanche, especially the Taklimakan Desert in Luopu County.

Full of the aura of nature, in this sea of death, Cistanche is full of the aura of nature, which can be called "the miracle of life".

Cistanche, the water supply comes from the abundant underground glacier meltwater and atmospheric precipitation in the Kunlun Mountains, coupled with the application of drip irrigation technology in desert agriculture, makes the Hetian area of southern Xinjiang become the most suitable place for the development of artificial cultivation of Cistanche in China. Cistanche has the highest nutrient content and is the most widely used under the nourishment of the snow water of Kunlun Mountain.

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The growth environment of Cistanche and the process of harvesting and drying

Cistanche is parasitic on the roots of tamarisk and grows underground. When it accumulates enough nutrients and grows large enough, it will stretch upwards, burrow out of the sand, expose to the ground, and then bloom, pollinate and set seeds.

Cistanche deserticola, which is about to emerge from the ground, has a high nutrient content.

The harvest of Cistanche is in late March to late April every spring. Choose tall and strong harvests, and keep the young and thin ones to be harvested before the autumn frozen soil or the next year. The location of Cistanche can be roughly judged from the cracks on the surface of the cave.

The harvested Cistanche should be placed flat in a well-lit and ventilated place to dry, and it should not be soaked in water, rain, or insects. When the fleshy stem changes from yellow to brown, and the water content is below 15%, place it in a ventilated and dry place.

There is a popular saying among the people: "I would rather have a basket of cistanche than a bed full of gold and jade". It shows the preciousness of Cistanche. To

Cistanche, men eat to keep fit, women eat to nourish yin and beauty, the elderly eat to calm the nerves and help sleep, children eat appetizers to invigorate the spleen.

In Xinjiang, it has also become the secret of longevity for the elderly. In their daily meals, they will add a little local baby-Cistanche." This eating habit has been inherited here for generations and has become the biggest factor in the longevity of centenarians in Hotan.

Function Indication

Nourishes kidney-yang, nourishes essence and blood, moisturizes the intestines, and relaxes bowel movements. It is used for deficiency of kidney yin, deficiency of essence and blood, impotence and infertility, weakness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, dry intestines, and constipation.

Modern pharmacological research has found that Cistanche has the following effects?

1. Improve sexual function

2. Anti-aging

3. Improve learning and memory skills

4. Fight against Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

5. Mediate immune function

6. Anti-fatigue

7. Laxative

8. Liver protection

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Cistanche function summary

1. Invigorate kidney yang

It is used for men with insufficient kidney yang, deficiency of essence and blood, impotence, premature ejaculation, blood in urine, leakage, cold and heat pain of penis, weakness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones.

2. Nourish Kidney Yin

It is used for females with insufficient kidney yin, symptom lumps, blood collapse, red leucorrhea, cold, infertility, and black face.

3. Replenishing the brain, neuroprotective effect

Used for neurasthenia, insomnia, forgetfulness, and senile dementia.

4. Laxative

Used for intestinal dryness and constipation, especially constipation in elderly, infirm, and pregnant women.

5. Nourish the five internal organs

Anti-aging, prolong life.

6. Cistanche is a non-toxic Chinese medicine

Traditionally used as food, it is a traditional Chinese medicine with good medicine and food.

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Under what circumstances is it inappropriate to take Cistanche?

1. People with yin deficiency and fire cannot eat Cistanche;

2. Cistanche avoid metal objects;

3. Friends under the age of 18 are advised not to consume Cistanche;

4. Women are advised not to consume Cistanche during menstruation.