This product is the mature seed of Dodder Seed (Cuscuta chinensis Lam.), an annual Chinese Taxillus Herb of the Convolvulaceae family. It is distributed in most parts of our country. Harvest the plants when the fruits are mature in autumn, dry them in the sun, lay the seeds, remove impurities, and use them raw or roasted in salt water.

[Property]

sweet, warm. act on liver, kidney and spleen channels.

[Efficacy]

tonifying the kidney to constrain seminal emission, nourishing blood and improving vision, stopping diarrhea, calming fetus.

[Indications]

1. Used for kidney-deficiency lumbago, impotence, seminal emission, frequent urination, leukorrhea and other symptoms. It can not only replenish kidney yang kidney yin, but also have the effects of fixing sperm, shrinking urine and stopping vaginal discharge. To treat pain in the waist and knees, Eucommia Bark is often used; to treat intensity seminal emission, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, Schisandra Fruit, is often used L>palmleaf raspberry fruit, etc., such as Five-Seed Procreating Pill; to treat incontinence of urine, often used with mantis egg-case, Pilose Antler, Schisandra Fruit, etc.; to treat leukorrhea and turbid urine, often used with Poria, Lotus Seed, Gordon Euryale Seed etc., such as Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang Poria and Cuscuta Pill.
2. It is used for blurred vision and vision loss caused by liver and kidney deficiency and loss of eyesight. It can nourish the liver, inject essence and blood and improve vision. Often used with Prepared Rehmannia Root Yellow, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, Plantain Seed, etc., such as Permanent Eyesight Pill .
3. For spleen kidney deficiency diarrhea. It can warm the kidneys, nourish the spleen and stop deficiency and diarrhea. Often used with Ginseng, White Atractylodes Rhizome, Psoralea, etc.
4. For threatened abortion with liver and kidney insufficiency. It has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidneys and strengthening the fetus. Often used in combination with Sichuan Dipsacus, Chinese Taxillus Herb, Donkey-hide Gelatin, such as Fetus-Preserving Pill.
5. In addition, Dodder Seed can also cure kidney deficiency consumptive thirst, often combined with Snakegourd Root, Schisandra Fruit, Pilose Antler, etc. combination of medicinals applications.
6. Soaked in wine and applied externally, it also has a certain effect on white palace wind.

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[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "It is mainly responsible for repairing injuries, replenishing deficiencies, tonifying qi, fattening and strengthening, and removing juice."
2. Yaoxing Lun: "Cures deficiency and coldness in men and women, adds lean marrow, relieves waist pain and coldness in the knees, and treats consumptive thirst and heat."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take 10-15g. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains resin glycosides, sugars, flavonoids, etc. It can enhance the contractility of isolated toad hearts; reduce the blood pressure of anesthetized dogs; inhibit intestinal motility; excite isolated organs; delay the development of galactose-induced internal visual obstruction in rats, and has a certain therapeutic effect on hydrocortisone. The mouse "yang deficiency" model has therapeutic effects and can enhance non-specific resistance.