The Japanese are fascinated by a Chinese medicine that was imported from China and is worshipped on the table as a sacred object: Cistanchis, which is a yang tonic. Why do they value it so much? I think they want to get special power from it!

Cistanche is not a simple plant, it is called "Desert Ginseng", so its value is not ordinary.

The value is often determined by the medicinal effect, which means that its role has been recognized by people, once there are thieves continue to captivate Cistanchis growing in the harsh environment of the sand, so that nowadays it is difficult to find wild products.

Ancient people have long developed the value of Cistanchis. In the formulas recorded hundreds or even thousands of years ago, ginseng was in the first place, followed by Cistanchis in the second place in terms of tonicity.

Nowadays, Cistanche is mostly cultivated, but it has also become one of the sought-after herbs, which used to be just a precious tribute from the western regions, but nowadays, the general public can use this medicine.

Some people take Cistanche for a long time in order to make their body stronger, so does this have any side effects on the body or not? Old Evil says this question.

01: Benefits of eating Cistanche

When people have not fully recognized Cistanchis as a medicine, they know about it through certain legends. It is recorded in the ancient books that "wild horses are born when they leave their leaches on the ground", which means that Cistanchis are born only when the wild horses have physiological reactions.

This statement is obviously just implying that Cistanche is useful!

What is the charm of Cistanchis that makes Japanese people worship it? In Japan, people put Cistanchis in their soups, which is related to its effects.

There is a record of the consumption of Cistanchis in the Benjing: "Westerners are mostly used as food to eat, and yams and mutton as soup."

It can be seen that the history of its consumption is some years ago, this is not in the simple eat hot pot, this is intended to nourish the body through the Cistanches, it has to tonify the kidney yang, benefit the essence and blood, laxative effect, understand the Chinese medicine people know, this and antler antlers are quite similar to that of the two medicinal herbs are very precious.

Eating Cistanchis can regulate the physiological problems of people, you have to know, people are just like the fall of leaves in the autumn wind, generally, to accept the laws of nature, to the middle age, a lot of things have been in the state of "off the chain".

Cistanche can then help, making one more attractive and also relieving constipation.

02: Cannot take Cistanche for a long time

Cistanchis are warm in nature and naturally cannot be eaten for a long period of time. There is a legend about Cistanchis, it is said that the desert came after Cistanchis. Originally, the earth where everything grows was sucked up by Cistanchis, which made the earth desertified.

This is a living example of how the warmth of the Cistanche causes water to be lost from sandy soils.

The same is true for people, long-term consumption of Cistanchis although warm tonic without harming the yin, but people in different periods, the constitution may be different, such as certain periods of your constitution in the state of yin deficiency and fire, eat is not precisely aggravate the condition?

Or after eating a large meal, the stomach function is impaired, and the warmth of Cistanchis may lead to the development of stomach fire, resulting in the development of fire.

Cistanchis cure "men's absolute yang not Xing", it regulates the object regardless of men and women, are physiological problems, if in the youth stage, the human body development has not matured, at this time you can not eat Cistanchis, not to mention the long term.

Eating it at this stage is undoubtedly stimulating one's consciousness and is not conducive to personal growth.

03: Overall, Cistanchia is edible and was a precious plant in ancient times, because of its high value, the western regions took it as a tribute, no wonder the Japanese like this medicine so much.

Eating Cistanchis can improve one's physiological problems, the effect of yang tonic is good, nowadays people have a lot of pressure, proper nourishment is beneficial to the body, and it can also relieve constipation.

Although there are no side effects, long-term consumption of Cistanche may be harmful to oneself, as there may be deficiency of yin, stomach fire, etc. due to different body qualities, and it is also important to note that youths in the stage should not take it. If you need to take medication, please follow the doctor's advice.

If you really feel that when you get older, there are many things you no longer have time to patronize, you may want to learn about Cistanche, which may be beneficial to you. Follow Old Evil to learn more about rural herbs.

As a clinician, Cistanchis is one of the most commonly used herbs in clinical work; often patients buy Cistanchis, which is known as "Desert Ginseng" and has many effects and high medicinal value, making it a valuable traditional Chinese medicine. How to use this Chinese medicine and what are the side effects of long-term consumption? Today, we are going to learn and discuss.

First of all, we have to understand the function and medicinal value of Cistanchis; in fact, the use of Cistanchis in the scope of traditional Chinese medicine is particularly widespread, mainly because of its powerful medicinal effects, the efficacy and function of Cistanchis are very many. Cistanchis are sweet and salty in flavor, warm in nature and belong to the kidney and large intestine meridian.diagnosis and treatment of a diseaseTonifying kidney yang; benefiting essence and blood; moistening the intestines. It is clinically suitable for men with impotence and premature ejaculation with declining sexual function; women with irregular menstruation, infertility, lack of warmth in the limbs, lumbar and knee pain; the elderly with weak constitution, and those with constipation due to kidney deficiency. Its modern clinical efficacy has improved immunity, anti-fatigue, enhance physical fitness, protection of cardiovascular and cerebral vascular, detoxification and laxative functions, and is sometimes used in the treatment of male, gynecological and other diseases, high medicinal value.

Knowing its functions and indications, what are its contraindications and side effects?

Firstly, people with yin deficiency and fire should not eat Cistanchis. According to the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, yin deficiency and exuberant fire is a kind of deficiency fire, and yin deficiency cannot control yang, which will result in yin and yang exuberance and hyperactivity of yin deficiency and hyperactivity of yang. Cistanchis can nourish kidney yang. If people with yin deficiency and exuberant fire use Cistanchis to nourish yang for a long period of time, yin and yang will be out of balance, and yin deficiency and yang exuberance will become even more serious.

Second: For some patients with solid heat constipation can not be used; Herba Cistanchis is warm in nature and belongs to the warmth and yang products, long-term use will appear hot body, aggravating the condition.

Third: avoid metal objects. If Cistanchis are soaked in water or wine with iron or copper utensils, there is no medicinal value in taking them for a long period of time; because metal objects will absorb the nutrients of Cistanchis and make Cistanchis lose its own nutritional value.

Fourth: The main effect of Cistanchis is to tonify the kidney and strengthen the yang. For those who are underage and are in the development stage, long-term consumption of Cistanchis will have a certain effect on the development and development of all aspects of the body.

Fifth: More than women, taking it during menstruation will bring about some gynecological diseases. It is not recommended to consume Cistanche to avoid some gynecological problems.

Sixth: patients with weak gastrointestinal function and weak physique are not recommended to take it for a long time; Chinese medicine emphasizes that deficiency should not be treated with tonic, and Cistanchia is a warm tonic medicine, which is not easy to be accepted by weak gastrointestinal physique, and Cistanchia has no medicinal value in a long time.

Hello, I am glad to answer your question. China is rich in material resources, medicinal resources are widely distributed, in the grassland desert of Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang, there grows the traditional tonic Chinese medicine - Cistanchis, because of its sweet taste, medicinal properties of sweet and warm, the texture of fleshy bulb, good taste and rich in nutrients, in the early days, the local herdsmen will be the Cistanchis as a food to fill up the hunger, the "Herbal Atlas" describes the source of Cistanchis as "wild horses leaching on the ground", the Sui Dynasty physician Tao Hongjing also believes that the essence of the horse is born. The source of Cistanchis is described as "born from wild horses" in the "Classic of the Materia Medica", and Tao Hongjing, a medical doctor in Sui Dynasty, also believed that Cistanchis is made from the essence of horses, and due to the physiological function of the kidney in storing essence, Cistanchis can directly tonify the kidney qi of the internal organs, which is widely spread in the writings of the medical doctors, and this is the mindset of the Chinese medicine of tonifying the form with the shape, and at the same time, it has established the principle that Cistanchis is a tonic for the kidney, which is the most effective and most nutritious food in the world. At the same time, the theoretical foundation of the tonic effect of Cistanchiak is laid.

Cistanchus is warm in nature and has the characteristics of warm tonic. The warm medicinal properties can improve the symptoms of deficiency and cold, but the internal heat of internal organs is more serious when the warm products are prohibited. Some patients have internal fire or Yin deficiency, if Cistanchus is used incorrectly, it will cause the side effect of adding fuel to the fire and increase the manifestation of internal heat. In addition, Cistanchis are soft and rich in oil, so patients with spleen deficiency and diarrhea should not take Cistanchis for a long period of time, as it may aggravate the symptoms of diarrhea.

Although it can be a powerful tonic for essence and blood. If it is used too often. It will slip the large intestine--Compendium of Selected Materia Medica

★ Principle of action of Cistanche

• There are soft and hard Cistanchis, soft Cistanchis are mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, which are genuine Cistanchis, hard Cistanchis are also known as Tubular Cistanchis, which are mainly produced in Ningxia and Xinjiang, soft Cistanchis are formed into long strips, similar to the enlarged pine tower, which is pictorially known as "Meat Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine Pine" and "Big Rue" in the Materia Medica. "It is the above ground fleshy bulb of Ledebourioaceae, with black color outer skin, sweet taste, dense and soft texture and rich in oil.

The skin is like pine nuts with scaly armor. There is a thin flat root under the seedling, more than a foot long--"Herba Cistanches" (《证类本草-肉苁蓉》)

• Growing in the desert where water is scarce and heat is high, Cistanche is extremely heat-resistant, which makes it endowed with enough yang-heat properties, so its medicinal properties are warm and good at warming up.
• Color color black, black into the kidneys, heavy texture can be directly sunk into the lower jiao kidney, sweet and warm tonic effect, for the deficiency of kidney qi weakness of disease.
• In addition, Cistanchis is rich in fat, which can moisturize the stomach and intestines. When the stomach and intestines are stagnant and the stools are not passed, it can moisturize the intestines and promote the stools. Cistanchis are especially suitable for those who have kidney deficiency and have difficulty in passing stools in old age.
• Of course, the drugs haveOne advantage has a disadvantage, Cistanchis are no exception, long-term use is prone to adverse reactions, next I will summarize the adverse reactions caused by the wrong use of Cistanchis as follows.

★Adverse reactions that are prone to occur when taking Cistanchis for a long period of time

• Although Cistanchis has laxative effect, it is only for weak constipation, i.e. constipation caused by insufficient kidney energy and weak stomach and intestines, and it is not suitable for constipation caused by excessive stomach fire, if using Cistanchis, it will aggravate the performance of internal fire, such as bad breath, constipation, sores on the mouth and tongue, and red tongue and yellow fur are all symptoms of stomach fire.
• ② Yin deficiency of liver and kidney fire prohibited Cistanchis, Yin and blood is the material basis of the human body, can restrain the body's yang qi, to prevent over-exuberance, if the liver and kidney yin and blood is insufficient, the liver and kidney yang qi will be relatively over-exuberant, prone to yin deficiency and internal heat manifestations, such as dry mouth and tongue, two cheekbones red red, night sweats, tongue red, moss less, etc., the Cistanchis medicinal properties of the warmth and heat can be enhanced hyper-exuberance of the Yang qi, aggravate the problem of yin deficiency.
• (3) Cistanchis should be prohibited when there is spleen deficiency with loose stools and diarrhea. This situation is very understandable, as Cistanchis has the effect of lubricating the intestines, and when the spleen is deficient in water-dampness and the stools are sticky and loose, if you consume Cistanchis which is oily and juicy, the water-dampness will be aggravated, and the loose stools become more serious.

Cistanchiakia, slippery stools, lack of solidity of semen, constipation due to fire, easy to lift the yang, deficiency of the heart and distension of the qi, all are forbidden--De Duai Materia Medica

summarize

Cistanchis are mild in nature, tonifying the kidney, filling in the marrow and strengthening the waist and knees, and are commonly used in clinical practice. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica states that "Cistanchis is good for five labors and seven injuries, and benefits the vital essence". However, Dr. Zhu would like to remind you that it is not recommended to take Cistanchis for a long period of time, as traditional Chinese medicines have a biased nature, and without the knowledge of one's physical condition. Wrong use may cause adverse reactions such as diarrhea, dry mouth, abdominal distension, etc. It is recommended that you use it under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner to avoid unnecessary side effects.

Lastly, I hope my answer was helpful.

Note: Hello, I am Chinese medicine Zhu Xuyang, the text refers to the theoretical works of Chinese medicine, combined with personal experience, pictures from the network.

What are the side effects of taking Cistanche for a long time? I have been taking it every day for several years, so let's talk about my feelings!

It was 2000, a relative of mine in Xinjiang when the military transferred to the Karamay Oil Company, in his introduction to my husband and I came to Xinjiang Jundong Oil Base, in the new oil cleaning company working, we are very idle company, specializing in oil extraction plants to clean the petroleum storage tanks, and sometimes a few months of leisure, busy time black and white overtime work, nothing to send drilling aid to the field drilling company, is to strengthen the drilling wall of the well It was a kind of solvent to strengthen the wall of the drilling well. At that time, the company was only twenty workers, but the company covers a very large area of thousands of acres, the yard and outside the fence are semi-desert desert, full of more than one person's height of the pike forest, the oil base is built on the edge of the Gurbantunggut Desert.

At that time I remember is about April 20 when the continuous drizzle for two days and two nights, in my cognition, thought Xinjiang is a dry place, precipitation is scarce, I did not expect in this desert to bring the belt actually under the rain for such a long time. Shuttle forest next to planted a few ditch alfalfa grass, alfalfa grows extra fresh after the rain, I will take a convenient bag to pick some young leaves to do pull the stripes to eat, and suddenly found there in the shuttles in the sandy forest grows a kind of cylindrical, bright red a kind of thing, slightly exposed a head, when I thought it was a kind of poisonous mushrooms, and did not dare hands to touch it.

After dinner at work time I put this and the factory's old staff of the Viennese said, he smiled and said: "Aigoo, that thing is very good, is the Cistanch, also known as the lock yang, we call it the big rue, men and women ate it are strong body and aphrodisiacs, but also nourish the skin, regulate the endocrine, and so on, the two days just rained, the pike trees in the desert under the plenty of soaking wine, soaking water, stewed meat can be, it is a kind of Medicinal herbs, there is a special acquisition, you live in the factory, nothing to dig inside after work, you can also earn some living expenses."

To the end of the day at noon, I took a few old employees and went to look at it, this thing grows really fast, in the morning when only a head of hair, noon has been about 2 centimeters high from the ground, they said, this year, this rain fell for a long time, the most adapted to it grows, tomorrow off-duty you can dig up a good number of some of them are still in the sand did not grow out tomorrow morning will be more and on I dug up to them to leave some.

The next morning, my husband and I and a few other Gansu girls and boys together to dig under the pike tree, this thing grows too fast, such as bamboo shoots, basically every pike tree under the emergence of two or three cylindrical reddish-colored small head, too spectacular.

Because of the rain, the sand is particularly soft, without a minute, a Cistanchis dug out from the roots of the pike tree, some are as thin and long as the yam, some are as thick and strong as a big sweet potato, the small one weighs one or two kilograms, and the big one weighs four or five kilograms, because it is very good for digging, and in less than a morning, we dug a four-wheeled tractor trailer with more than 3,000 kilograms, and because of the thought of being able to sell money at that time, we are very vigorous! After lunch, less than three hours and dug a car, we are excited to go back to the factory, ready to cook a little bit of freshness in the evening, tomorrow and then work a big game.

Just dug out of the Cistanchis very fresh, like sweet potatoes, we have not eaten, thinking it will be very tasty, they cooked a big pot, fierce fire for more than three hours, until cooked thin, we can not wait to compete to taste, the taste of astringent, a little bit of sweetness, but also a taste of traditional Chinese medicine, it is really difficult to swallow, and the result of cooking so much of a pot are wrenched out of the pot.

Since this thing is not good to eat, then sell herbs! In the evening, I called my colleague and asked him where to collect the Cistanchia, and he said that there were some in Miquan County, and the fresh ones cost 60 cents a kilogram, and we all got discouraged when we heard about the price, and it's 150 kilometers from us to Miquan County, and it's not enough to pay for the fare to sell it, and we all didn't have any incentive to dig it the next day, and then we all gave these thousands of kilograms of fresh Cistanchia to me.

The next day at work, a few old employees in the factory each loaded a bag, sun-dried wine and tea, and told me not to waste it, dry it when the tea drink water is good for the body, my husband and I two people will be the thousands of pounds of Cistanchis cleaned and sun-dried in the factory's bungalow.

Here the light is sufficient, the air is also dry, ten days time the original one big fat Cistanchis, sunlight gently, shriveled, enough to load thirteen woven bags, then weighed, Cistanchis dry goods on more than 800 pounds.

Since the Cistanchis are more and more, I don't take it as a good thing, I drink tea twice a day to brew a new Cistanchis, put a Cistanchis in the stew, and put one in the mutton stew. It is said that it has a strong body aphrodisiac effect, at first there is really no feeling, ate half a month there is no physiological reaction, just when I wondered whether its effectiveness is not exaggerated. And after a few days, I feel more powerful than before, when the factory loaded detergent three hundred and eighty-one pounds of plastic vat before holding up very hard, and now bend over to hold it up, and work workload than before, but the body does not feel tired, always feel the body hot and dry, gastrointestinal digestion is also good, the body does not look like the previous fear of cold and fear of cold, the key is that the stool is also smooth, constipation is no longer the case, and I am very happy. All the body is strong, my husband and I became a bunk brother, and then he even moved to the men's dormitory.

At that time, I thought it might be the reason of eating Cistanchis, which regulated the body quality so well. I told my husband about this, he obeyed and did as I said, and drank Cistanchis every day, about one month later, he was like a different person, he used to walk loosely and hunchbacked, and he was tired when he drove to the drilling platform to send a drilling aid back, he drank Cistanchis tea for one month. He was also more energetic, walked with his head held high, the symptoms of frequent urination at night disappeared, and the factory did not postpone the overtime work, and he always felt full of strength, and did everything without falling off the chain.

At that time, after working in the cleaning company for two years, my husband and I didn't even have a cold or fever, and our health was great. Later, we went back to our hometown, gave a few bags of the remaining dried Cistanchis to our coworkers, and then hauled them back to our hometown to give some to our relatives and friends, and then kept some for ourselves, and sealed the dried Cistanchis, which did not bear insects, and insisted on eating them for a few years. Now I am back to Xinjiang, and I keep on drinking Cistanchis tea every day, until now I am in good health, and I am several years younger than my peers.

Through years of using Cistanchis to make tea and soup, from my personal experience, long-term eating of Cistanchis did not feel any side effects, now almost 50 years old, walking wind, not weak waist and knees, fair skin, no wrinkles, and no endocrine disorders, menstrual irregularities or pain, I think Cistanchis long-term consumption of no side effects, but Cistanches are no longer good, can not be eaten in excess, eat appropriately is good.

In short, Cistanchis is a good thing, there is "desert ginseng" called, both men and women ate the benefits of taking Cistanchis have to tonify kidney Yang, benefit the essence of blood, laxative effect, on the body fatigue, yellowish color, anemia, women's menstrual disorders, menstrual cramps, uterine cold and so on have a very good improvement.

Cistanchis is the fleshy stem with scaly leaves of the perennial fleshy parasitic herb Cistanchis. It is sweet, salty and warm in flavor. It belongs to the kidney, liver and large intestine meridians. It is effective in tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and laxatives.

It is clinically used in cases of deficiency of kidney yang and deficiency of essence and blood. This product is sweet and warm to help yang, the quality of moist and nourishing, not only can replenish kidney yang, but also benefit the essence and blood. However, its effect is subdued and slow, and it is difficult to seek quick results. Therefore, it can be used to treat impotence and infertility, infertility with cold uterus, and weakness of waist and knees.

Dry bowel constipation, the quality of this moist, into the large intestine meridian, can warm the essence and blood and moisten the dryness of the intestines, so can be used to treat dry bowel constipation, especially the elderly or after the disease of dry bowel constipation belonging to the lack of renal yang, the essence and blood loss of the person.

Because this medicine helps Yang, laxative so Yin deficiency fire, solid heat stagnation and loose stools should not be used.

As for the side effects of this drug, generally nothing, may be a long time to take there will be some irritability, fire, diarrhea side effects. The drug is a flat tonic agent, warm but not hot, tonic but not harsh, warm but not dry, slippery but not leakage, so there is from the name of Rong.

I am Dr. Lee from the Rehabilitation Department. Stay away from sub-health and enjoy a healthy life.

As far as the current research is concerned, Cistanchis have a long history of application in China, are safe and non-toxic, and are widely used in enhancing physical strength, anti-fatigue and slowing down aging, making them worth relying on.

There are four species of Cistanchis in China, including Desert Cistanchis, Tubular Cistanchis, Salt Cistanchis, and Sand Cistanchis, which are mainly distributed in the northwestern part of the country. Cistanchis mainly contain phenyl glycosides, cyclic enol ether terpenes and their glycosides, lignans and their glycosides, monoterpene glycosides, alkaloids, sugars and other chemical constituents.

Cistanchis is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine in China, which is listed in the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica, and has the effect of tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and laxative. Cistanchis, also known as Golden Shoot, Ground Essence, Cistanchis, and Rue, is the dried fleshy stem with scaly leaves of Cistanchis or Cistanchis tubiflora in the family of Ledebouriidae. It is warm in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and is an important medicine for tonifying the kidney and strengthening the yang, moistening the intestines and laxative, and has the reputation of "desert ginseng". Among the phenylethanol glycosides, pineal chrysanthemum glycoside and mullein glycoside as well as polysaccharides are the material basis of antioxidant, anti-aging and fatigue-relieving bioactivities.

At present, the chemical components of Cistanchis have been isolated and identified as phenylethanol glycosides, cyclic enol ether ether terpene glycosides, lignans, amino acids and sugars. Modern pharmacological studies have also proved that Cistanchis have the effects of tonifying the kidney and aphrodisiac, laxative and laxative, as well as anti-fatigue, anti-aging, enhancement of immunity and enhancement of memory, etc., and there is no adverse effect found.

Total phenylethanol glycoside is the main active ingredient in Cistanchis, which has various functions such as aphrodisiac, antioxidant, anti-aging and memory enhancement. Polysaccharides have various biological activities and have become one of the directions of new drug development in today's world in the research of anti-tumor, anti-virus, anti-aging and other drugs.

In vitro experimental studies showed that different concentrations of total Cistanoside could inhibit the activation and proliferation of HSC, induce HSC apoptosis, and have anti-hepatic fibrosis effects, which may be related to its blocking of the PDGF/ERK1/2 pathway and inhibition of the proliferation of HSC.

Experiments were conducted on the laxative effect of Cistanchis sinensis and Cistanchis tubulosa decoction on mice, and on the body mass and cold tolerance time of "kidney yang deficiency" induced by hydrocortisone. Both of them had the effects of laxative and moisturizing and warming the kidney yang.

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Before we can understand the side effects of Cistanche, we first need to know what this drug does.

Cistanchis is a yang tonic in Chinese medicine, as the name suggests, it is a yang tonic, mainly tonifying kidney yang. In clinical practice, we usually use it to treat impotence and infertility caused by insufficient kidney yang, deficiency of essence and blood, lumbar and knee soreness and weakness of limbs, and also used to treat constipation caused by sweating and fluid damage.

So under what circumstances should we not take Cistanche?

1. When the fire in the body is exuberant. Because there is already fire in the body, coupled with Cistanche, it leads to more fire in the body, which will damage the fluid in the body.

2. stomach discomfort, stools are thin, why? Because Cistanche is already laxative, and people with diarrhea will have more diarrhea if they eat it.

3. Constipation caused by solid heat in the stomach and intestines can not be used, because Cistanchis are yang-assisted products, after taking the body more heat, will lead to constipation aggravated.

Although Chinese medicine is good, but also has his indications as well as contraindications, we are taking Chinese medicine, should be taken under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner.

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We started to process Cistanchis in 2000 for exporting to Europe and America, and we have bases all over the country, so we can say that we know it very well, Cistanchis: common name: Da Rue, produced in the desert, our ancestors knew that Da Rue can be used for food and has the function of nourishing. There are records about Cistanchis in the pharmacopoeias of different generations. In the Chinese Medical Pharmacopoeia, it is known as "nourishing the kidney, strengthening the yang, tonifying the essence and blood"."Desert ginseng" The Compendium of Materia Medica records that Cistanchis 'is a flat tonic, warm but not hot, tonic but not harsh, warm but not leaking, so it has the name of submissive'. It is also called Cistanchis because of its fatty flesh. The Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica states that its main treatment is 'five labors and seven injuries, tonifying the middle, removing cold and heat pains in the body, nourishing the five viscera, strengthening the yin, benefiting the vital essence, asthma in women, and lightening the body when taken at night'.

Fresh Cistanche

Cistanchis bloom very beautifully

In the 1980s, experts from junior high school and Japan gradually unveiled the mystery of Cistanchis through long-term research on Cistanchis. Research has shown that the active ingredient of Cistanchis is phenylethanol (commonly known as "life-supporting factor"), which can increase the proliferation rate of kidney cells by 6 times within 24 hours. The Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan approved Cistanchis as a food ingredient in 1990. In Japan, the application of Cistanchis can be said to be very extensive, with hundreds of varieties of products ranging from wine, tablets, jellies and beverages, etc. The main direction is to replenish the kidneys and to enhance the energy and immunity, and Europe and the United States have utilized the pineal chrysanthemum glycoside in Cistanchis as the main ingredient in the manufacture of dietary supplements, which enhances immunity and prevents Alzheimer's disease. Modern research has proved that Cistanchiak has the functions of warming the yang and tonifying the kidneys, supporting the body, enhancing memory, regulating immunity, anti-aging, anti-fatigue, anti-dementia, and cosmetology, and other nourishing effects.

Centenarian with a Cistanche in his hand

Large-scale Cistanchiak planting base

Cistanchis have entered the medicinal and food ingredients catalog since 2020, from the domestic and international applications, Cistanchis are food with high nutritional value, not drugs, no side effects, the development of domestic Cistanchis products is still very little, in addition to the Cistanchis slices can be used as a wine soup, there are a few health care products food and a new class II drugs. 2020 into the medicinal and food ingredients catalog, I believe that the development of Cistanchis industry will be even more rapid! After entering the list of medicinal and food ingredients in 2020, it is believed that the development of Cistanchis industry will be more rapid!

Let's talk about my actual feeling. Some time ago, I could not sleep well at night, I found a Chinese medicine practitioner and said that it is a little bit of kidney deficiency, I came to the Chinese medicine, one of which is Cistanchia, not to mention, the effect of laxative is really good. Previously, squatting in the toilet, no twenty minutes to come out, but also particularly difficult, after drinking a few days, and then squatting in the toilet, at most five minutes, usually two or three minutes, but also particularly easy.

The bad thing about it is that after I stop taking the medication for a while, it's the same old thing again, so maybe it has something to do with my lifestyle too [cute].

I'm happy to answer.
Cistanchis are very common in clinical use, Cistanchis are classified as the top grade in the Divine Husbandman's Classic of the Materia Medica, also known as Desert Ginseng, which can tonify the kidney yang, benefit the essence and blood, and lubricate the intestines and pass the bowels, what are the side effects of taking Cistanchis for a long period of time?
1. Kidney side effects
Cistanchis taste sweet, salty. Sex, warm. Attributed to kidney and large intestine meridians. It is warm but not hot, tonic but not greasy, and is a flat tonic, which can treat impotence, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea in men caused by deficiency of kidney yang, essence and blood, and prolonged infertility in women with cold uterus.
2. Side effects on bones, legs and feet
Cistanchis tonifies kidney yang and benefits essence and blood, treating sore feet, weak muscles and bones due to insufficient essence and blood.
3. Side effects of treating constipation
Cistanchis is sweet, warm and moist, without the harm of dryness, it can benefit the essence and blood and moisten the dryness and smooth the intestines, it can be used for constipation. It can be used for constipation in the elderly, and for constipation in people who are weak and sick for a long time. Cistanchis are smooth and moist without hurting the body, so they can be used for laxative rather than diarrhea, and are best applied to the elderly who are weak and sick.