Tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels. Can be used for treating impotence, infertility, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of muscles and bones, intestinal dryness and constipation.
The role of cistanche deserticola
1. Cistanche deserticola is rich in alkaloids, crystalline neutral substances, amino acids, trace elements and vitamins. It can tonify kidney yang, nourish essence and blood, inhibit the symptoms of "yang deficiency" and prevent weight loss. It can effectively prevent and treat diseases such as impotence due to kidney deficiency in men, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation in women, amenorrhea and infertility.
2. Cistanche deserticola can significantly improve the propulsion speed of small intestine, shorten the defecation time, and significantly inhibit the water absorption of large intestine, thus promoting the wetting and excretion of feces, which has a real effect of moistening intestine and relaxing bowels.
3. Cistanche deserticola can also enhance immune function. Cistanche deserticola polysaccharide has a significant effect on the formation and activity of human lymphocytes, which can increase the proliferation of lymphocytes and thus enhance the immune function of the body.
4. Cistanche deserticola can also regulate the circulatory system, which has the following functions: protecting ischemic myocardium; Reducing blood lipid, resisting atherosclerosis and thrombosis; Reduce peripheral vascular resistance, dilate peripheral blood vessels, and lower blood pressure; Protect the liver and resist fatty liver.
5. Phenylethanol sugar contained in cistanche deserticola is an ingredient that other drugs do not have. It is the most effective ingredient for delaying aging. Cistanche deserticola can obviously delay the aging of pituitary gland, gonad and thymus.
Pharmacological effects of cistanche deserticola.
1. Anti-aging effect
The results show that cistanche deserticola has certain anti-aging effect. Cistanche deserticola can obviously enhance the activity of superoxide dismutase in red blood cells of mice, reduce the content of lipofuscin in myocardium of mice, and prolong the average life span, semi-lethal days and maximum life span of Drosophila melanogaster. Cistanche deserticola decoction (8g/kg) can significantly increase the activities of Na+ and K+-ATPase in erythrocytes, which may be one of the mechanisms of its nourishing effect.
2. Regulate endocrine, promote metabolism and keep fit.
Cistanche deserticola can regulate the decrease and increase of nucleic acid content in liver and spleen of animals with yang deficiency and yin deficiency; It can activate adrenal glands and release corticosteroids. Its mechanism may be to enhance the luteinizing function of hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary. This effect is not because they directly stimulate the pituitary gland to secrete luteinizing hormone, but to improve the responsiveness of pituitary gland to LRH and ovary to luteinizing hormone. It is suggested that the main significance of tonifying kidney with traditional Chinese medicine lies in improving the regulatory mechanism in vivo. By studying the effect of cistanche deserticola on the DNA synthesis rate of "Yang deficiency" animals, it is found that hydroxyurea reduces the DNA synthesis rate because it inhibits the reduction reaction of nucleotides at the level of diphosphate, and protein and energy metabolism disorder lead to "Yang deficiency"; Cistanche deserticola may contain a bioactive factor that activates nucleotide reductase, so it can significantly improve the DNA synthesis rate of "Yang deficiency" animals and promote RNA synthesis; Improving protein's nucleic acid metabolism; Adding its dilute ethanol extract to drinking water and feeding it to rats can promote growth and development.
3. Effect on immune system
Oral administration of 50mg/kg and 100mg/kg water extract of cistanche deserticola in mice can significantly increase the weight of spleen and thymus, enhance the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages, increase hemolysin and PFC values, increase lymphocyte transformation rate and delayed hypersensitivity index, increase cAMP level, reduce cGMP level and increase cAMP/cGMP ratio. This may be one of the reasons why it enhances the phagocytosis of peritoneal macrophages. The ethanol extract of cistanche deserticola (1.25g/kg, 2.5g/kg) was given to mice by gavage on the 5th day.
4. Other functions
The water extract, ethanol-water extract and ethanol extract of cistanche deserticola have hypotensive effects on anesthetized dogs, cats and rabbits. Cistanche deserticola can promote saliva secretion and respiratory paralysis in mice. The components that promote saliva secretion are some organic acids, and the components that cause respiratory paralysis may be glycosides.
Cistanche deserticola related prescription
1. Jichuan decoction (eight treasures of Yue Quan Shuxin recipe) is mainly used to treat kidney deficiency, qi deficiency, constipation, chronic urination, backache and common cold.
2. Dihuang Yinzi ("Su Wen Xuan Ming Lun Fang") nourishes the kidney and yin, tonifies the kidney and strengthens the yang, and induces resuscitation and phlegm. It is mainly used for malnutrition, strong tongue and dry mouth.
3. Wubushan Pill has the functions of invigorating spleen, regulating stomach, nourishing yuan and tonifying kidney, and is mainly used for treating strain, emaciation, soreness of waist and knees, dark eyes and tinnitus, and tasteless diet.
4. Jiawei Jin Si Pill ("Three Causes and One Disease Syndrome") is mainly used to treat liver and kidney deficiency, internal heat, weakness of muscles and bones, weakness of walking, soreness of waist and knees, hot flashes and tasteless diet.
5. Semen Cuscutae Pill (Taiping Huimin Mixture) is mainly used to treat kidney-qi deficiency, five strains and seven injuries, abdominal distention, shortness of breath in limbs, night dream fright, mental lethargy, moodiness, long urination and no lifting of atrium and ventricle.
6. Semen Cuscutae powder (required reading for medical students) is mainly used to treat bladder deficiency and cold, and can not help urinating more.
7. Cistanche deserticola Pill (Yaoxinfang) is mainly used to treat male patients with five strains and seven injuries, impotence, enuresis and red and yellow urine.
8. Shen Rong Pill (a famous prescription of traditional Chinese medicine) is mainly used to treat weakness, tinnitus, palpitation, nocturnal emission, premature ejaculation, anemia, chlorosis and neurasthenia.
9. Runchang Pill ("Shiyidexiaofang") is mainly used to treat body fluid deficiency and constipation.
Licorice is sweet and flat, and enters the heart, spleen, lungs and stomach. Cold when used, it can purge fire and detoxify and relieve pain; Warming the middle warmer to dispel cold, tonifying the middle warmer and benefiting qi. In addition, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch is also good at reconciling medicinal properties and detoxifying various drugs.
Mung bean licorice soup
Mung bean 1 00g, raw licorice10g, decocted in water, daily1dose. Has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials and inducing diuresis.
Licorice and jujube soup
10 candied dates, 6 grams of raw licorice. * * * Put it in a casserole, add 2 bowls of water, and cook it to 1 bowl (about 300ml) twice a day. It has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, invigorating qi, moistening lung and relieving cough, and is often used to treat cough, dry throat and sore throat caused by chronic bronchitis.
Ganmai jujube decoction
65,438+00g of raw licorice, 65,438+00g of peeled jujube and 50g of wheat. * * * Put it in a casserole, add water until the wheat blooms, and take out the jujube to eat. It has the effects of benefiting qi and nourishing blood, clearing away heart fire and calming the nerves, and is a good prescription for treating female climacteric syndrome.
Fuling gancao decoction-treatise on febrile diseases
Alias: Fuling Guigan Decoction, Fuling Decoction
Source: Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
Composition: Poria cocos 2 Liang, Cinnamomum cassia twig 2 Liang (peeled), Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch/Kloc-0 Liang (fried) and ginger 3 Liang (cut).
Indications: stopping drinking under the heart, palpitation, sweating without thirst, and dysuria; Cough and drown; Running dolphins. Those who are not thirsty because of typhoid sweating; Typhoid syncope and palpitation. After sweating due to typhoid fever, abdominal flatulence and urination are unfavorable. Cough, dyspnea and drowning in bladder meridian. Hernia is a dolphin.
Efficacy: Warming Chinese medicine, strengthening yang and promoting diuresis.
Usage: Apply the medicine with 4 liters of water, boil 2 liters, remove me, and warm it for 3 times.
Licorice hawthorn tea
Ingredients: 75g of hawthorn, 20g of Luoshen flower, 4g of licorice, 600ml of water and appropriate amount of rock sugar.
Exercise:
1. First, put all the tea materials into a pot and add water to boil.
2. Then turn the heat down, continue to cook for a few minutes, and then turn off the heat.
3. Finally, add a proper amount of rock sugar to cook and filter out the residue.
Gancao ginger decoction
Materials: 4 Liang (12g) of Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch (fried) and 2 Liang (6g) of dried ginger (processed).
Source: Treatise on Febrile Diseases: Gancao Ginger Decoction
Four Liang licorice (baked) and two Liang dried ginger (baked)
Right second taste, take three liters of water, boil one liter five times, remove me and take it at different temperatures.
One or two ancient prescriptions have been verified as one-third of today's prescriptions.
Dried licorice and dried bayberry
Materials: Myrica rubra 100g licorice 20g sugar.
Steps: firstly, wash bayberry, drain water, and mash licorice with a cooking machine after cleaning; Step 2, put Myrica rubra, licorice powder and appropriate amount of sugar into a small soup pot, add water and cook with low fire; Step 3, after the water in the pot evaporates, put the boiled bayberry into a flat plate and microwave it in a microwave oven for 3 minutes; Step 4, take out the dried bayberry and sprinkle a layer of white sugar on the surface. Pay attention to observation when cooking and microwave to avoid boiling and baking.
Function: Dried licorice and dried bayberry made by this method taste sweet and sour, and can help digestion, stop diarrhea, prevent heatstroke and moisten the lungs.