Cistanistanch

Also known as: light rue

Taste: taste brother, salty, warm; to the kidney, large intestine meridian.

Desert ginseng is good for tonifying the kidney

Cistanchis have the effect of tonifying the kidney without hurting the yin, moistening the bowels and laxative without hurting the body, it is warm without being dry, slippery without being diarrhea, and it is good for tonifying the kidney without being harsh, so it is named after its "calm" and gentle nature. It grows near the desert, so it is also called "desert ginseng". The Compendium of Materia Medica recorded that Cistanchis is "tonic but not harsh, so it has the name of "relaxed". The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica states, "Cistanchis, sweet and slightly warm, is used to treat five labors and seven injuries, tonify the middle, remove cold and heat pain in the body, nourish the five viscera, strengthen the yin, benefit the vital essence, treat the obstruction in the abdomen of women, and make the body lighter after a long period of service.

Cistanchiakis Small Files

Cistanchiakis is a parasitic herb in the family of Ledebouriidae, mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Gansu, Xinjiang, Qinghai and other places. It is best in the form of plump flesh, long and thick, blackish-brown or brownish-black, and tender and moist. The medicinal part is the fleshy stem with scaly leaves of Cistanchis, which is usually harvested in spring, half-buried in sandy soil and dried, washed, moistened and sliced, or the slices of Cistanchis are added with yellow wine, which is called wine Cistanchis after steaming. Modern research has found that Cistanchis contains mannitol, testosterone, estradiol, alkaloids, glycosides, glucose and 15 kinds of amino acids.

Effects

Effective in tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and laxatives.

Attention: 1. For kidney yang deficiency caused by impotence and weakness of muscles and bones, lumbar and knee pain and weakness, tinnitus and dizziness, forgetfulness and deafness, impotence and sterility, uterine cold and infertility, etc. 2. For constipation caused by insufficiency of kidney yang and essence and blood deficiency in elderly people.

Identification of authenticity

The genuine Cistanchis is flat cylindrical, with more than 10 scale leaves per ring, the apex of the scale leaves is broken or the scales are off, without luster, the vascular bundles in the section become deep wavy circle, under the magnifying glass, the vascular bundle sheath on the outside of the bast of punctate vascular bundles is extended in a tail-like manner. Cistanchis salina is similar to the genuine Cistanchis, but the scale leaves are narrow, long and thin, and the vascular bundles are shallowly undulating rings in section. Under magnification, the vascular sheaths on the outside of the bast part of the punctate vascular bundles do not extend caudally. On the other hand, Cistanche, there are only 4-6 scale leaves per ring, the surface is densely covered with scale leaves, the scale leaves are narrow and short, with obvious luster, and the vascular bundles in section are in the form of stellate rings.

Precautions

1. Do not use it if you have thin stools. 2. Do not use it if you have a strong yang. 3. Do not drink tea during the period of taking it.