Desolate deserts and ancient cities are like the eyes of time. When tears dry up, oases become deserts. The wind and sand blow hard, and the sand moves away from the mountains. Only the tenacious Haloxylon ammodendron tree is set there. Life is a wise man, and when it dries up, it is a sculpture.
cistanche deserticola grows under Haloxylon ammodendron. It likes to grow scales in the west. It knows the roots of Haloxylon ammodendron, and the graceful flower clusters are fragrant. A group of people are holding iron mounds and sacks, and the sand is their hope. The fat cistanche goes home to fry and eat, and the rest is replaced by cattle and sheep.
What is Cistanche deserticola
It has no roots and leaves, only beautiful flowers. If one day, you go to the desert and see pink or purple flowers under the Haloxylon ammodendron tree, don't think it's just a flower. This is cistanche deserticola. Digging down again, a yellow or white fleshy stem will be dug up, with dense scales on the surface and thick base, parasitic on a thin root.
it is sweet and warm, salty and moist, and has the characteristics of nourishing yang but not dryness, warming kidney yang and tonifying kidney yin. It is precisely because of its gentle tonic that it is called cistanche (leisurely). There are also called goblins or golden bamboo shoots. Historically, it has also been regarded as a treasure of the upper mercury court by western countries.
where does cistanche deserticola come from
cistanche deserticola is a dry fleshy stem with scaly leaves or a halophyte cistanche deserticola.
The former is mainly produced in Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Gansu and other places, also known as Soft Dayun. Inner Mongolia has the largest output. Alashan, Inner Mongolia, is the largest producer of Cistanche deserticola and has the reputation of "the hometown of Cistanche deserticola in the world". Modern pharmacology has proved that the nutritional components of Cistanche deserticola in Alashan are higher than those of similar Cistanches.
cistanche tubulosa from Xinjiang has a reddish-brown surface, short and thick shape, large and sparse scales and hard texture. The saline cistanche deserticola produced in Ningxia
compared with cistanche tubulosa in Xinjiang and cistanche deserticola in Ningxia, the saline cistanche in Xinjiang and Ningxia has the advantages of thick meat, rich oil and strong curative effect, while the cistanche deserticola in Xinjiang and Ningxia is just a common medicinal material, which is far from the cistanche deserticola in terms of curative effect and health care and tonic.
the harsh desert wild growth environment in Alashan region has created the extraordinary quality of Zhenwutang Alashan Cistanche deserticola, which is also the reason why Zhenwutang Alashan Cistanche deserticola enjoys a high reputation. Cistanche deserticola in Alashan contains more than 1 vitamins, 15 amino acids, more than 2 trace elements, more than 2 alkaloids, more than 3 minerals, a variety of crystalline alkaline substances, and a particularly precious cistanche glycoside, which is not found in other plants and is the most effective component for delaying aging.
cistanche deserticola is sweet in taste and warm in nature, and has obvious effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, nourishing essence and blood, improving sexual function, relaxing bowels, treating beauty beauty, cold uterus, irregular menstruation, tepid limbs, impotence and infertility, improving immunity and resisting fatigue. At the same time, it also has the effects of relieving alcoholism and protecting liver, treating soreness of waist and knees, improving memory and resisting Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Among them, the four major effects are remarkable.
1. tonifying kidney and yang, benefiting essence and blood
cistanche deserticola is warm and nourishing, and it is salty to enter the kidney meridian, which can tonify kidney and yang, benefit essence and blood, and inhibit the symptoms of yang deficiency. It can effectively prevent and treat diseases such as impotence due to kidney deficiency in men, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation, irregular menstruation in women, amenorrhea and infertility.
The rams raised by herdsmen in Alashan eat the residue of Cistanche deserticola after purification all the year round, and the ewes basically have more than 4 litters per litter (generally, normal ewes have 1-2 litters per litter). It is found that the effective components of Cistanche deserticola for tonifying kidney and strengthening yang are phenylethanoid glycosides, such as echinacoside and eugenol glycosides. It works mainly through two ways: first, it enhances the function of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland, promotes the release of related transmitters and hormones in the body, and improves sexual desire; Second, improve the body function. Chemical analysis shows that cistanche deserticola contains a large number of amino acids, cystine, vitamins and minerals, especially cistanche glycoside, which is not found in other plants. It has great tonic effect on male kidney, testis, penis, cavernous body and other sexual organs, and can also effectively improve sperm vitality and quality. Brewing 5-1G Cistanche deserticola tablets in boiling water every day and drinking it frequently for several days instead of tea can effectively prevent and treat male impotence due to kidney deficiency, nocturnal emission and premature ejaculation. According to the legend of Mongolian herders, Cistanche deserticola in autumn and winter can cure all diseases, which makes this medicinal material more fascinating. It has been recorded in the Supplement to Materia Medica: "Cistanche deserticola San Qian, three decoctions and one system, served with hot drinks, the penis will last forever".
2. Anti-fatigue and anti-aging
Cistanche deserticola can obviously delay the aging of pituitary gland, gonad and thymus gland. It has obvious effects on relieving fatigue and accelerating fatigue recovery.
It was found that Cistanche deserticola extract polysaccharide and Cistanchis deserticola glycoside can improve the activity of free radical scavenging enzyme SOD, thus reducing the damage of free radicals to the body, and at the same time protecting the DNA damage caused by OH, which is one of the mechanisms of anti-aging, anti-radiation injury and myocardial ischemia protection. A famous Japanese biologist, Muxiagang, has made a series of studies on the anti-aging function of polysaccharides in Cistanche deserticola. In the experiment of heteroantigen reaction, it is concluded that Cistanche deserticola polysaccharides can not only prolong the storage time of animals, reduce the death, but also obviously inhibit the decrease of CH5 (a factor inducing fatigue). Therefore, the polysaccharide components of Cistanche deserticola are important components for anti-aging and relieving fatigue. Chemical analysis shows that overwork is the main factor that causes the decline of exercise ability and the extension of recovery process when blood testosterone drops. Cistanche deserticola can prevent and treat the decrease of blood testosterone caused by exercise, promote the secretion of pituitary gonadal hormone, speed up fatigue recovery and improve exercise ability. It can also reduce blood lactic acid accumulation, accelerate clearance and improve the acid resistance of the body after quantitative load exercise. It has been recorded in Herbal Classic Shu that "Cistanche deserticola is fat and healthy, but light in weight, beneficial to kidney, liver and essence and blood. If it is said that dysentery is treated, it will be slippery to guide stagnation." For people in sub-health state who are easy to get tired and have poor energy, they can feel the obvious improvement of energy and physical strength by decocting Cistanche deserticola in water for a period of time, especially before taking it and after taking it for a period of time. Many female friends will obviously feel skin tightening and luster improvement.
3. Enhance immunity and regulate circulatory system
The polysaccharide component contained in Cistanche deserticola has a significant effect on enhancing the immune function of the body. At the same time, Cistanche deserticola also has many pharmacological activities such as protecting ischemic myocardium, reducing blood lipid, resisting atherosclerosis, thrombosis, reducing peripheral vascular resistance, lowering blood pressure, resisting fatty liver and resisting tumor.
Studies show that Cistanche deserticola is a valuable Chinese medicine which can stimulate pituitary and adrenal cortex or has hormone-like effects similar to adrenal cortex, and regulate the immune function of the body. The total glucosides of phenylethanol, an effective component in cistanche deserticola, can improve microcirculation, soften blood vessels, increase peripheral vascular circulation of heart, brain and external limbs, and protect blood vessels and nervous system. The content of polysaccharide in cistanche deserticola extract is high. Polysaccharide has a significant effect on the formation and activity of human lymphocytes, which can increase the proliferation of lymphocytes and thus enhance the immune function of the body. Clinically, the water extract of cistanche deserticola can significantly increase the phagocytosis percentage and phagocytosis index of macrophages, and can restore the suppressed nonspecific immune function to a certain level. The main significance of traditional Chinese medicine in regulating circulatory system is to improve the regulation mechanism in the body and play a positive therapeutic role through the recovery of the internal function of the body itself. Through the study on the effect of cistanche deserticola on the DNA synthesis rate of animals with "poor immunity", it is found that hydroxyurea inhibits the reduction of nucleotides at the level of diphosphation, which leads to the decrease of DNA synthesis rate, and the disorder of protein and energy metabolism leads to "low immune ability"; Cistanche deserticola contains a bioactive factor that activates nucleotide reductase, so it can significantly improve its DNA synthesis rate and promote RNA synthesis. Cistanche deserticola can be used for stewing meat, making tea and making wine. After taking Cistanche deserticola for a period of time, its physical strength is obviously enhanced, and it is no longer often cold and sick. Regular service can stabilize and replenish qi, nourish and strengthen, resist aging and prolong life, and enhance resistance, especially for the elderly. But also has therapeutic effect on female infertility, cold pain in waist and knees, blood depletion and other diseases. It is also effective in regulating endocrine and menstrual disorder.
4 moistening intestine to relieve constipation
Cistanche deserticola is sweet and salty, which can enter the large intestine meridian, and has the effect of moistening intestine to relieve constipation. It can be used to treat constipation caused by sweating and body fluid exhaustion, as well as kidney-qi weakness, constipation, long urine, backache and other symptoms.
According to "Medicinal Solution to Sorbus mandshurica", "Every dung particle is hard and small, shaped like sheep excrement, so the soil is wet and dull, and the lower orifices are blocked. Cistanche deserticola nourishes the breeze, nourishes the blood and moistens the dryness, is good at sliding the large intestine, and has a stool. Its nature is leisurely, and it is not as good as nourishing the spleen. " Chinese medicine believes that cistanche deserticola enters the kidney and large intestine meridian, tonifying kidney and helping yang to moisten dryness and relieve constipation. Studies have shown that the water extract of cistanche deserticola can significantly improve the intestinal propulsion of mice, shorten the defecation time of mice, effectively resist the inhibitory effect of atropine on defecation, and also significantly inhibit the water absorption of large intestine. The study of effective components shows that the main effective components of cistanche deserticola are galactitol and oligosaccharides, and its mechanism is to promote intestinal peristalsis, improve intestinal osmotic pressure and inhibit the water absorption of large intestine. The decoction of cistanche drugs has obvious laxative effect, can improve intestinal peristalsis, and has obvious curative effect on habitual constipation of the elderly, constipation due to physical weakness and postpartum constipation of parturient. Generally, it takes 3-7 days to take effect.