Fresh dried cistanche deserticola slices can be directly soaked in water, wine and soup. Fresh and dried cistanche deserticola slices are directly sliced and air-dried, which is better in taste, color and effect than the traditional whole cistanche deserticola slices.

Cistanche deserticola contains more than ten kinds of amino acids and alkaloids, and is rich in trace elements needed by human body. Among them, phenylethanoid glycosides are the main active components in cistanche deserticola, which have the functions of improving male sexual function, treating female infertility due to uterine cold, antioxidation, anti-aging, improving immunity and enhancing memory.

Extended data:

Efficacy and identification of five species of cistanche deserticola;

1, efficacy and identification of boschniakia rossica;

The stem is solitary, straight,15 ~ 35cm long, 0.5 ~ 1 cm in diameter, dark brown or brown, with longitudinal ridges and grooves, and short white fluff. Leaves alternate, scaly or lanceolate, slightly shriveled, 0.8~ 1.5 cm long, yellowish brown. The upper part of the stem is a spike, which is 5 ~ 10 cm long and has fluff. The lower flowers are scattered, the upper flowers are dense, and the flowers are dry. After flattening, it is lip-shaped, with a length of 1.5 ~ 1.8 cm, yellowish brown or lavender.

Some panicles have capsules at the lower part, which are oval, about 1 cm long and brown. Hard and brittle, easily broken, with white cross section and irregular brown ring pattern in the middle. Odorless and tasteless.

2. Efficacy and identification of Cistanche deserticola;

It is oblate and slightly curved, with a length of 3~5 cm and a diameter of 2 ~ 8 cm, and its surface is brown or grayish brown. Fleshy scales are closely covered and arranged in tile shape, and the top of scales is usually broken. Heavy and hard, slightly elastic, not easy to break, brown in cross section, and wavy and annular arrangement of light brown punctate vascular bundles. The gas is slightly sweet and bitter.

3. Efficacy and identification of Cistanche deserticola in Dongsha, Xinjiang;

It is oblate, conical or spindle-shaped, with a length of 30 cm. It is 5 ~ 9 cm wide, with sparse scales at the lower part of the stem and dense scales at the upper part, and the scaly stem is wide. Heavy and hard, not easy to break, brown and black in cross section, star-shaped vascular bundles, partially hollow. Slight gas, sweet taste, slightly bitter.

4. Efficacy and identification of cistanche tubulosa;

It is an irregular shape such as a flat cylinder, a flat spindle, a flat ellipse, a flat circle, etc., with a length of 6-8 cm and a diameter of 4-6.5 cm. The surface is reddish brown, grayish brown or brown, and it is twisted. The densely covered fleshy scales are slightly covered with tiles, and the top of the scales has been broken. The residue width is more than 1 cm, and the whole scale is slightly like the Yangtze River Delta, about 1 cm high.

It is hard and heavy, has no toughness, and is not easy to break. The cross section is granular, mostly grayish brown, and some outer rings are black and hard gelatinous. Dark brown punctate vascular bundles are numerous, irregularly scattered, and some have small cracks. Slight gas, sweet taste, slightly bitter.

5. Efficacy and identification of Cistanche deserticola;

Cylindrical, scales ovoid to oblong-lanceolate, length 1 ~ 2.5 cm, width 4 ~ 8 cm. Spikes are cylindrical, bracts are short and ovate-lanceolate. The epidermis is yellow-brown, with indefinite pores, hard and inelastic, and the vascular bundles with light brown cross section are arranged like chrysanthemums. Slight gas, slightly salty and bitter taste.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-cistanche deserticola

People's Network-Efficacy and Category Identification of Cistanche deserticola