This product is an annual Chinese Taxillus Herb of the skyblue broomrape herb family Desertliving Cistanche (Cistanche liesertdcoia Y. C. Ma) with fleshy stems with scaly leaves. Mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places. Dig the seedlings in spring when they have not yet emerged or have just emerged, remove the inflorescences and dry them. Cut into thick slices and use raw or wine-based.

[Property]

sweet and salty, warm. act on kidney and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

Replenishing kidney yang, replenishing essence and blood, moistening intestines to relieve constipation.

1. It is used for kidney yang deficiency, impotence, sterility, weakness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones. It can replenish kidney yang, replenish essence and blood, and warm waist and knees. To treat impotence and infertility, it is often used with Prepared Rehmannia Root, Dodder Seed, Schisandra Fruit, etc., such as Desertliving Cistanche pills; Gong Leng sterility, often used with Cervi Deer-Horn Glue, Chinese Angelica, human placenta, etc., to treat soreness and weakness in the waist and knees, and weakness of muscles and bones , often used with Morinda, 萆, Eucommia Bark, etc., such as Diamond Pills.
2. Used for constipation of intestinal dryness. It can moisten dryness and smooth the intestines. It is especially suitable for the elderly with kidney yang deficiency and essence and blood deficiency. Often used with Chinese Angelica, Submature Bitter Orange, etc., such as Jingyue Quanshu Fluid-Replenishing Decoction.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing "mainly five kinds of strain seven damages, tonify the middle, remove the stem cold in the middle, heat pain, nourish five zang-organs, strengthen yin, benefit essential qi, have more children , woman.
2. Bencao Huiyan: "Nourishes the life gate, nourishes the kidney qi, and is a medicine for replenishing the essence and blood. A man's elixir is weak and cold and his yang path is long-term and heavy, and a woman's Chong-Ren disorder and yin qi cannot be cured. This is a tonic that is warm but not hot, tonic but not harsh, warm but not dry, slippery but not leaking, hence its name."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoction, 10~15g; single use, large dose, decoction, up to 30g.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains trace amounts of alkaloids and crystalline neutral substances. The water infusion has the effect of lowering blood pressure in experimental animals and promoting saliva secretion in mice; it has the effect of anti-atherosclerosis in rabbits; it has a certain degree of anti-aging effect and can significantly improve the advancement of small intestine in mice and shorten the length of their intestines. It also has a significant inhibitory effect on water absorption in the large intestine. Research has found that Desertliving Cistanche contains effective laxative substances, inorganic salts and hydrophilic colloidal polysaccharides.