This product is a perennial upright herbaceous plant of the Berberidaceae family, Epimedium Herb (Epimedium brevicornu Maxim.), arrow-leaf Epimedium Herb (E. sagittatum (S. et > Z.) Maxim.), Epimedium Herb (E. pubescens Maxim.), Epimedium Herb (E. wushanense T.S. Ying) or Epimedium Herb ( E. koreanum The above-ground part of Nakai). Mainly produced in Shaanxi, Liaoning, Shanxi, Sichuan and other places. Harvest in autumn when the stems and leaves are lush, remove thick stems and impurities, and dry in the sun. Cut into shreds and use raw or suet oil (refined) for roasting.

[Property]

[Efficacy]

warming and tonifying kidney yang, strengthening bones and muscles, dispelling wind and dampness.

[Indications]

1. It is used for kidney yang deficiency, impotence, sterility and frequent urination. It has the effect of warming and tonifying kidney yang, replenishing essence and improving impotence. It can be taken as a single flavor soaked in wine, such as Epimedium Herb wine from "Eating Medicine Heart Mirror"; it can also be combined with medicinals Prepared Rehmannia Root, Barbary Wolfberry Fruit, Morinda is used equally, such as Sanyu Pills.
2. It is used for symptoms such as muscle and bone impediment pain, wind-dampness, spasm and numbness caused by liver and kidney deficiency. It can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen muscles and bones, and dispelling wind and dampness. To treat numbness and spasm of the limbs, it can be taken alone by soaking it in wine; for those with weak bones and difficulty in walking, it can be used with Eucommia Bark, Morinda, Chinese Taxillus Herb is equivalent. In addition, it is also used in modern times to treat asthma and cough caused by kidney yang deficiency and high blood pressure in women during menopause. It also has good curative effect.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains the inability to injure the vagina, pain in the stem, facilitates urination, tonifying qi, and strengthens will."
2. Rihuazi Bencao: "All the cold wind makes the breath tired, the muscles and bones are tense, the limbs are unkind, and the waist and knees are strengthened."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 5~10g. It can also be soaked in wine, boiled into a paste, or put into pills or powder.

[Modern Pharmacology]

The main active ingredients of this product are Epimedium Herb total flavonoids, Epimedium Herb glycosides and polysaccharides. In addition, it also contains alkaloids, sterols, trianes and vitamin E, etc. Epimedium Herb can promote the synthesis of nucleic acids and proteins in yang-deficient animals, and has androgen-like effects. It can improve the immune function of the body, especially for kidney deficiency patients with low immune function. It can expand peripheral blood vessels, improve microcirculation, and increase It can reduce blood flow, reduce peripheral resistance, increase coronary flow, and inhibit poliovirus and other enteroviruses; it also has anti-hypoxia, sedative, anticonvulsant, antitussive, and dispelling phlegm effects.