Epimedium is also called epimedium in Chinese medicine books, or thousand taels of gold, which shows that it has high medicinal value, like immortals and elves. Epimedium is a perennial herb of Berberidaceae, whose scientific name is Epimedium koreanum, also known as Epimedium koreanum, Leaves of Epimedium, Horn Flower, Trigeminal Wind, Horn Wind, Trigeminal Lotus, etc. Its stems and leaves are used as medicine, which has the effects of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, strengthening bones and muscles, and expelling wind and dampness, and is the first choice for treating tranquilization, strengthening brain, tonifying kidney, rheumatism and heart and brain diseases. In recent ten years, the medicinal materials market has been selling well, and the price has been rising. At present, all commercial medicinal materials come from wild areas. Due to years of over-mining, this precious native area of wild resources has been seriously damaged.

The most common use of Epimedium is tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. In fact, it can also dispel wind and remove dampness, nourish qi and strengthen the heart. The affirmation of its medicinal value can be traced back to Shennong Herbal Classic compiled in Han Dynasty. Thousands of years of medical practice have shown that Epimedium alone or in combination has obvious effects on treating some common and frequently-occurring diseases of middle-aged and elderly people. For example, it can be used to treat impotence, deficiency of heart, liver and kidney, weakness of waist and knees, numbness of limbs, rheumatalgia or hemiplegia, muscle spasm, and difficulty in stopping urination. In the clinic of traditional Chinese medicine, Epimedium is often used to treat coronary heart disease in middle-aged and elderly people. The total effective rate is 93%, and the effective rate for polio is higher than 80%. This medicine also has obvious inhibitory effect on staphylococcus aureus, pneumococcus, influenza Bacillus, etc., and can be used to treat chronic bronchitis.