Cistanchis tubulosa is parasitic on the roots of red willow, and its main production area is Hotan in Xinjiang. After drying, it is very hard and is known as hard rue by pharmacists. The content of pineal chrysanthemum and ergosterol in Cistanchis tubulosa fresh material is 1.5g-4g in 100g, and the higher the year, the higher the content is, which will decrease with the loss of water. Because of the high content of active ingredients, it is widely used in pharmaceuticals, such as Kidney Treasure Tablet, Hongmao Pharmaceutical Wine, and Power Wine, etc. All of them use Cistanchis tubulosa as the main raw material, and the export of Cistanchis tubulosa is also based on hard rue.

Traditional Chinese Medicine and Cistanchis

The properties of Cistanchis

As a traditional Chinese medicine, Cistanchis has the following characteristics:

? Sweet and salty in flavor, warm in nature

? Attributed to the kidney and large intestine meridians

? It has the effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the medulla oblongata, producing essence and wisdom

Historically, Cistanchiakia is one of the tributes favored by emperors among the rare and exotic treasures submitted to the imperial court by the countries in the western region. The proverb "It is better to have a basket of Cistanchis than a bed full of gold and jade" has been circulating among the people, which shows the rare value of Cistanchis.

Ancient Book Records

Cistanchis have been used as medicine in China for more than 1800 years, and the earliest recorded in Shennong's Classic of the Materia Medica (神农本草经), which says that it "treats men who are not prospering and women who are not giving birth". In "Compendium of Materia Medica", "Justice of Materia Medica" and more than 20 Chinese medical books, Cistanchis are listed as "valuable Chinese medicinal herbs", and it is recorded that Cistanchis benefits the marrow, pleases the color, lightens the body for a long time, prolongs the years, and treats neurasthenia, etc. It is widely used in Xinjiang Uygur people. It is widely consumed by Uyghur people in Xinjiang, such as tea, soup, raw food and cold dishes. In 2005, Cistanchis were officially included in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia.

Medicinal efficacy

? Cistanchis are edible and have tonic medicinal properties. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica says that it is used to treat "five labors and seven injuries, tonifying the middle, removing cold and heat pain in the body, nourishing the five organs, strengthening the yin, benefiting the essence, women's obstruction in the abdomen, and serving at night to lighten the body". It is also used in the "Record of Famous Medical Doctors" to remove the evil spirits from the bladder, relieve lumbar pain and dysentery. In Zhenquan Medicinal Materia Medica, there is a record of "benefiting the marrow, pleasing the color, curing women's hematochezia and men's aphrodisiacs, greatly tonifying and benefiting the body, and mastering the red and white underbelly". The Uyghur doctors in Hotan also listed Cistanchis tubulosa as a tonic.

Cistanchis tubulosa, "is a flat tonic, warm but not hot, tonic but not harsh, warm but not leakage, so it has the name of tolerance. It is also called Cistanchis because of its fatty flesh. It also has noble aliases such as Golden Bamboo Shoots and Earth Essence.

Cistanchis tubulosa is a valuable and rare parasitic medicinal herb, with the effect of tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and laxative. It is often used in the treatment of impotence in men, infertility in women, hematochezia, diarrhea, lumbar and knee coldness and pain, weakness of tendons and bones, and constipation withered by blood, and it has a good reputation as the desert ginseng. Modern research shows that it has Improve kidney function, enhance memory, anti-dementia, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, regulate immune function and other aspects of the role. Historically, it has been taken as food to nourish the body. Hetian Uyghur doctors will also be listed as a tonic medicine.

Enhance memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease

? With the aging of China's population and the increasing number of cerebrovascular diseases, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is on the rise. Coupled with the fierce competition in modern society, everyone is under great pressure, resulting in memory loss, fatigue syndrome, the incidence of rapid growth. How to prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease at an early stage and how to prevent memory loss has become a topic of concern for scientists from all over the world. After more than ten years of research, our researchers have found that Cistanchis tubulosa has obvious effect of improving learning and memory, and has obvious curative effect on memory loss and Alzheimer's disease.

It can improve memory and prevent Alzheimer's disease through 4 ways:

1. Protecting nerve cells and inhibiting their apoptosis;

2. Promoting the growth and repair of nerve cells;

3. Increasing the release of neurotransmitters in the brain;

4. Improving cerebral circulation.

A large number of animal experiments have shown that Cistanchis tubulosa extract has obvious effects on normal animals, aged animals and various models of animals to improve learning and memory ability. Nowadays, we have made a series of Cistanchis tubulosa extracts from the active ingredients of Cistanchis tubulosa, which can be used as raw materials of health products or food supplements. Cistanchis tubulosa not only acts as a neuroprotectant and cerebral circulation improver, but also has anti-fatigue effect. It is very useful for people who are engaged in mental labor, as well as patients with memory loss and early stage of Alzheimer's disease.

Laxative

Another important function of Cistanchis tubulosa is laxative, which can be used to treat constipation. And its laxative effect is very obvious, generally constipation can be seen as long as taking 1-2 days. Modern research shows that the laxative effect of Cistanchis tubulosa is mainly realized through two ways:

Firstly, increase the osmotic pressure in the intestines, reduce the absorption of water, so that the stool becomes soft;

Secondly, promote intestinal peristalsis to shorten the time of defecation. This makes the laxative effect of Cistanchis tubulosa different from other laxative herbs such as rhubarb, senna, etc. It is not a laxative, but a laxative, which makes the stool wet, soft and easy to be discharged. Therefore, Cistanchis tubulosa is a laxative without harming the body, especially for constipated old people, women in labor and the weak and sick, and of course, for constipation in the general population.

Anti-aging and anti-aging, keep away from sub-health

? Pharmacological studies have shown that Cistanche tubiflora has obvious anti-aging effects. The extract of Cistanchis tubulosa can not only significantly reduce the content of lipid peroxides ( L P 0 ) in human body, but also significantly inhibit the generation of lipid peroxides in rabbit blood and mouse liver, and it can also significantly extend the life of fruit flies. Polysaccharides and mannitol in Cistanchis deserticola can increase the hydroxyproline content in mouse skin and slow down skin aging. The aging model of mice showed that Cistanchis extract had significant improvement on liver cell hypergranular volume and cerebral cortex hypergranularity.

Why can Cistanchis be antioxidant and anti-aging? Japanese scholars Menda Shigenori confirmed through research that the phenylethanol glycosides contained in the extract of Cistanchis tubulosa are scavenging free radicals. Antioxidant effective ingredients.

Protecting the liver, good for health

? Shigeyoshi Menda et al. also found that the active extract obtained from Cistanchis tubulosa has hepatoprotective activity through research. Zhang Hongquan, a scholar in China, further confirmed that the polysaccharide of Cistanchis tubulosa can significantly improve the phenomenon of loss of appetite and weight loss in mice, and can reduce the high levels of ghrelin and ghrelin, and counteract the liver damage caused by carbon tetrachloride.

To replenish the kidneys, benefit the essence and blood, suitable for both men and women

In the kidney tonic formula of the past generations[2], Cistanche tubiflora has been used most frequently. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that Cistanchis tubulosa extract can significantly prolong the freezing tolerance time of yang deficiency animals, increase the number of copulations and ejaculation rate of mice with hypogonadism due to stress, and significantly increase the weight of seminal vesicles and prostate glands of testis-excised rats. The active ingredients in Cistanchis tubulosa that play a role in tonifying the kidneys and aphrodisiacs are phenylethanol glycosides, such as pineal chrysanthemum glycoside and gossypol glycoside.

It mainly works through two ways:

Firstly, it enhances the function of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland, promotes the release of related transmitters and hormones in the body, and improves the libido;

secondly, it fights against fatigue and improves the function of the body.

In addition, the kidney tonic effect of Cistanchis tubulosa is different from other kidney tonic medicines such as Luoyang, Epimedium, Morinda citrifolia, etc. The difference lies in two points. The difference lies in two points.

First, Cistanchis tubulosa tonifies the kidney without hurting the yin, long-term use of the general will not appear on fire, dry mouth and other symptoms, so the "Compendium of Materia Medica" said that it is "tonic without completion, so there is a number of tolerance", which means that from the tolerance of tonifying the kidneys;

Second, Cistanchis tubulosa tonifies the kidneys of men and women alike, so it is not only can treat impotence, can also treat women infertility, but also can treat impotence, and can also treat women.

Secondly, Cistanche can be used to treat both men and women, so it can treat both men's impotence and infertility.

? Due to the exact tonic effect of Cistanchis tubulosa, it has become one of the most commonly used tonic medicines in the prescriptions of medical practitioners, and is known as "desert ginseng".

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