According to the records of this name is the famous medical doctor Tao Hongjing in the North and South Dynasties, is an industry in the diligence, the Chinese medicine has a persistent pursuit of people. One day on the way to pick medicine, he suddenly heard an old goat herder said to the bystanders: there is a kind of growth in the woods in the bushes of the strange grass, leaf green, like apricot leaves, a number of stems, as high as one, two feet. After the rams eat, the penis is very easy to erect, and the number of ewes mating also increased significantly, and the phallus for a long time firm not impotent. Who knows that the speaker has no heart, the listener has the intention. Tao Hongjing secretly thought: this is likely to be a flavor has not been discovered kidney medicine. So, he was not ashamed to ask, modest to the field of goat herder to teach, and after repeated verification, and indeed confirmed that the strong yang effect of this weed is extraordinary. This is the first time I have ever seen this product in the market, and it is the first time I have ever seen it in the market, and it is the first time I have ever seen it in the market.
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Houpou (scientific name: Epimedium brevicornu Maxim.) perennial herbaceous plant, plant height 20-60 cm, rhizome thick short, dark brown, two back three compound leaves basal and stem, with long stalk, leaflets paper or thick paper, leaf margin with spiny teeth, flowers white or yellowish, flowering May-June, fruiting period of 6-8 months. The flowers are white or yellowish, flowering in May-June, fruiting in June-August. Epimedium is found in the understory of forests, ditch-side thickets, or shady, moist places on mountain slopes, 650-3500 m above sea level. It is cultivated in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Qinghai, Hubei, Sichuan and other regions of China. The whole herb of Epimedium is used for medicinal purposes. It is used for treating impotence and premature ejaculation, lumbago and leg pain, numbness of limbs, hemiplegia, neurasthenia, amnesia, tinnitus and dizziness.
Morphological features: perennial herb, plant height 20-60 cm. Rhizome thick and short, lignified, dark brown. Dichotomous ternate compound leaves basal and cauline, with 9 leaflets; basal leaves 1-3 clustered, long-petiolate, cauline leaves 2, opposite; leaflets papery or thickly papery, ovate or broadly ovate, 3-7 cm long, 2.5-6 cm wide, apex acute or short-acuminate, base y cordate, terminal leaflet basal lobe rounded, subequal, lateral leaflet basal lobe slightly oblique, acute or rounded, often glossy on the top, reticulate veins conspicuous, abaxially pale white, smooth or sparsely few pilose, basally 7-veined, leaf margin spinose-toothed; flowering stem with 2 opposite leaves.
Habitat: Epimedium is found in the undergrowth of forests, ditch-side thickets, or shady, moist places on mountain slopes, at an altitude of 650-3500 m. It is also found in the forests of Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, and Henan. It is cultivated in Shaanxi, Gansu, Shanxi, Henan, Qinghai, Hubei, Sichuan and other regions of China.
Growth habit: Epimedium is an ecological amplitude of temperate and subtropical medicinal plants, like shade and humidity, soil humidity 25% -30%, relative humidity of air to 70% -80% is appropriate, more sensitive to light, avoid direct sunlight, requiring shade about 80%, Epimedium is more stringent requirements for the soil to neutral acid or slightly alkaline, loose, humus-containing, organic-rich soil Oil sandy loam is good, the altitude of 450-1200 meters in the low and middle mountainous areas of the scrub, under the sparse forest or forest edge of the semi-shady environment suitable for growth.
Main value: Epimedium is pungent, sweet and warm in nature, and goes to the liver and kidney meridians. It is an important medicine for tonifying the vital organs, benefiting the vital essence, strengthening the muscles and bones, and tonifying the kidney and yang, and is commonly used in the treatment of impotence and impotence, premature ejaculation, urinary incontinence, and infertility in women. Modern research shows that Epimedium contains Epimedium glycoside, volatile oil, wax alcohol, phytosterol, tannin, vitamin E and other ingredients. It can stimulate sexual function and promote semen secretion in animals. There are also antihypertensive (causing peripheral vasodilatation), hypoglycemic, diuretic, antitussive and expectorant and vitamin E-like effect. Pharmacological experimental research shows that Epimedium can increase cardiovascular blood flow, promote hematopoietic function, immune function and bone metabolism, with anti-aging, anti-tumor and other effects. Singapore medical experts found that Epimedium can effectively kill breast cancer cells, but for clinical use there is still further research.