The efficacy and role of Cistanche, what are the effects of Cistanche

Core efficacy

Laxative, anti-aging, enhance physical strength.

An introduction to Cistanche

Cistanche, also known as Cunyun, Cistanche, Chagan Gaoya (Mongolian), is an endangered species. Tall herbaceous, 40-160 cm tall, mostly underground. The flowering period is from May to June, and the fruiting period is from June to August.

Cistanche is a parasitic plant that lives on the roots of desert trees, absorbing nutrients and water from its hosts. Known as "desert ginseng", it has extremely high medicinal value and is a traditional Chinese medicinal material.

Efficacy

1. Laxative, Cistanche can significantly improve the propulsion speed of the small intestine, shorten the laxative time, and also have a significant inhibitory effect on the water absorption of the large intestine, thereby promoting the moistening and excretion of feces, and has a real laxative effect.

2. Anti-aging, Cistanche contains phenylbutyl sugar, which is the most effective ingredient for delaying aging. Cistanche has a significant delaying effect on the aging of the pituitary gland, gonads, thymus and other parts of the human body.

3. Enhance physical strength, Cistanche can increase glycogen reserves, reduce muscle protein decomposition after exercise, and promote mitochondrial adaptive hypertrophy and hyperplasia to meet the energy required for muscle contraction and **.

Suitable for

Elderly people with weak constitution, constipation, people with warm limbs, and people with waist and knee pain.

Contraindicated

People with weak stomach and loose stools, people with hot stools, pregnant women.

It is not advisable to eat together

There are no special contraindications to eating together.

How to eat:

Cistanche soup: Slice three taels of tender cistanche with wine and set aside, then slice one or two yam and two taels of mutton, turn the cistanche together into the boiling pot, add an appropriate amount of seasoning, and cook it to eat.

Cistanche soaking wine: Brew Cistanche and liquor in a ratio of 2:25, for example, put 80 grams of Cistanche into one kilogram of liquor, and then seal it and store it in a cool and ventilated place.

It needs to be shaken once a day during the storage time, and it can be drunk after soaking for half a month.

1. Cistanche has a variety of pharmacological activities such as protecting ischemic myocardium, lowering blood lipids, anti-atherosclerosis and thrombosis, reducing peripheral vascular resistance, and lowering blood pressure. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that all medicines that nourish the kidney must be connected to the heart, and the heart will get the essence of the kidney, and then there will be no scorching and drying. Cistanche tonifies the essence of the kidney, and can also replenish the qi of the heart.

2. Cistanche can also moisten the intestines and detoxify. Its decoction has obvious laxative effect, which can improve intestinal peristalsis, inhibit water absorption in the large intestine, and shorten the defecation time.

3. Cistanche also has anti-aging and prolonging effects. Cistanche is used for both medicine and food, and long-term consumption can increase physical strength, enhance endurance and resist fatigue. It can also improve the symptoms of aging and restore energy, physical strength and vitality.

Pharmacological studies have shown that Cistanche has the effects of liver protection, immune regulation, anti-fatigue, protection of the nervous system, and enhancement of gastrointestinal function, but minors can not use Cistanche, which has a direct impact on the development of the body.

Cistanche has a very high medicinal value, with the effect of tonifying kidney yang, benefiting sperm and blood, and relieving constipation, and can be used for **kidney yang deficiency, blood and qi deficiency, backache, impotence**, uterine cold, infertility, muscle and bone weakness, kidney deficiency and tinnitus, forgetfulness, insomnia, intestinal dryness, constipation, etc.

Cistanche features.

Cistanche is a parasitic plant with roots, mainly parasitic on desert plants such as Haloxylon and Tamarix, and the host is a strong xerophyte, usually Cistanche is mostly parasitic on its 30 cm to 100 cm deep branches.

Cistanche is suitable for growing in Inner Mongolia, Gansu and the northwest desert areas of Xinjiang, with high medicinal value, generally the real Cistanche is slender, the surface is scaled, the cut surface is chrysanthemum, and ** will not be less than 300 yuan a catty.

The efficacy and role of Cistanche.

Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Cistanche has the effects of liver protection, immune regulation, anti-fatigue, protection of the nervous system, and enhancement of gastrointestinal function, and the total glycosides of benzylethanol and their monomers verbosis and echinacoside have anti-liver fibrosis effects.

Cistanche phenylethanol glycosides, Cistanche polysaccharides and verbascosides can protect nerves and relieve nerve fatigue, Cistanche polysaccharides have anti-fatigue effect, Cistanche low-molecular sugar and mannitol have immunomodulatory effects, Cistanche polysaccharides, echinacoside, total oligosaccharides and mannitol can improve gastrointestinal function.

Cistanche is contraindicated.

1. People who are not adults can not use Cistanche, the main effect of Cistanche is to tonify the kidney, and the physical and psychological development of minors is not yet mature, so the use of Cistanche has a direct impact on the development of the body.

2. Women cannot use Cistanche during menstruation, because Cistanche has a conditioning effect on women's dysmenorrhea, uterine cold, and infertility, and it is best to eat it before menstruation to relieve the symptoms of dysmenorrhea.

3. Pay attention to the consumption of Cistanche by people with yin deficiency in the body, which will lead to aggravation of yin deficiency, and will also affect the health of organs and health, so patients need to use symptomatic medication under the guidance of professional doctors, otherwise it will be counterproductive.