Cistanche deserticola, also known as Rousongrong and Dayun, is known as "desert ginseng". Cistanche deserticola is warm, sweet, sour and salty, and enters the kidney and intestines. It has the effects of tonifying kidney, nourishing essence, moistening dryness and smoothing intestines. It is mostly used to treat impotence in men, infertility in women, leukorrhagia, blood collapse, cold pain in waist and knees, constipation due to blood depletion and so on. "Materia Medica Huiyan" contains: "Cistanche deserticola is a medicine that nourishes life, nourishes kidney qi and tonifies essence and blood. Men's Dan Yuan is empty and cold, while Yang Dao is long-lasting, while women's chong and ren are out of balance, but Yin Qi is not cured. This is a tonic, warm but not hot, tonic but not severe, warm but not dry, slippery but not venting, so it has the name of calmness. Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica is also called "nourishing five internal organs, strengthening yin and benefiting essence". According to the determination, cistanche deserticola is rich in alkaloids, amino acids, trace elements, vitamins and other components. Modern pharmacological research has found that cistanche deserticola is rich in manganese, which can improve the synthesis of sex hormones in human body, activate a series of enzymes, improve the immune function of the body and delay aging.

Cistanche deserticola can be collected in spring and autumn. In spring, it is usually semi-buried in sand to dry, which is called "light cistanche deserticola". In autumn, it is difficult to dry because of too much water. Therefore, it must be put into salt water 1~3 years, and then taken out to dry, which is called "salty cistanche deserticola". The processing method of cistanche deserticola is simple. After cleaning impurities, it is soaked in clear water, and the water is changed 1~2 times a day. If it is "salty cistanche deserticola", it must be soaked with all the salt, moistened and sliced, and dried before it can be used as medicine. It is often used as a decoction, and the usual dosage is 6~9 grams, or it is used as a pill powder. Now I will introduce the prescription of Cistanche deserticola to you.

Common prescriptions

Men with five strains and seven injuries, impotence, and dribbling urine: 30g of Cistanche deserticola, 30g of Semen Cuscutae, 30g of Fructus Cnidii, 30g of Schisandra chinensis, 30g of Polygalae Radix, 30g of Radix Dipsaci and 30g of Eucommiae Cortex, and 30g of refined honey as a pill as big as a wuzi. Take 10 pill orally each time, twice a day, and send it with boiled water.

Deficiency and soreness of waist and knees: 30g of Cistanche deserticola, Fructus Cnidii, Radix Polygalae, Fructus Schisandrae, Radix Saposhnikoviae, Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata (roasted), Semen Cuscutae, Radix Morindae Officinalis and Eucommiae Cortex, with * * * as fine powder, and refined honey as pills as big as wuzi. Take 20 pills on an empty stomach every day, and send them with warm yellow wine or light salt soup.

White turbidity due to kidney deficiency: Cistanche deserticola, Cornu Cervi Pantotrichum, Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Poria cocos are equally divided, * * * is fine powder, and rice paste is as big as a pill. Take 30 pills each time, and send jujube soup.

Old people's blood is dry, stool is dry and stuffy in the chest: 90 grams of cistanche deserticola is soaked in white wine for 24 hours, and a proper amount of white soup is added to boil it with slow fire.

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Home-made Shenqi Liquor: Take 9 grams of American ginseng, Radix Astragali, Herba Cistanches, Fructus Lycii, Polygoni Multiflori, Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis and Cortex Albizziae, put them in 500 grams of highly pure grain liquor, soak for 2 months, and drink 5 ~10 ml every time for 3 times a day, which has the effects of strengthening the body, resisting aging, maintaining beauty, enhancing physical strength, improving diet and improving sleep.

Tonifying essence and marrow: take Cistanche deserticola120g, boil it in water, cut it into thin slices, add seasoning to boil it, then add 250g of japonica rice to cook porridge, and take it twice in the morning and evening.

Reinforce tendons and bones: cistanche deserticola100g, 2 live fish, laparotomy, washing and baking, * * * as fine powder, taking yellow wine as a pill as big as a wuzi, taking10g pills with white water.