The Chinese medicine Cistanchis, known as desert ginseng, is effective in tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, and moistening the intestines. Clinically, Cistanchis can be used in the treatment of diseases such as impotence and premature ejaculation caused by kidney yang deficiency in men, and in the treatment of women's diseases, such as uterine cold, menstrual disorders, and decreased libido, infertility, and also has a certain therapeutic effect on menstrual irregularities.

Clinical Cistanchis are also very suitable for tonic, and are suitable for middle-aged and old people to improve their physical symptoms, such as tinnitus, blurred eyes, and weakness of waist, knees, and legs due to premature aging. Cistanchis can be used in wine or simmered with other ingredients for tonic purposes, or sliced into water or made into a paste to be taken orally in small amounts every day.

Cistanchis (scientific name: Cistanche deserticolaMa), alias Xinjiang Yun, inch Yun, etc., Ledan family Cistanchis plants, is an endangered species, the protection level of level 2. Mainly produced in Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia Alxa League, Gansu, Ningxia also has distribution, known as "desert ginseng" reputation, has a very high medicinal value.

Cistanchis are tall herbaceous plants, 40-160 centimeters high, most of which are underground. The flowering period is May-June and the fruiting period is June-August. It is a parasitic plant that lives on the roots of the desert tree pike, sucking nutrients and water from the pike host.