Usage and dosage of Cistanche deserticola and its side effects

Many people don’t know much about the side effects of Cistanche deserticola, and many people are not very familiar with such medicines. Therefore, when we buy it, we must learn about it. In this way, when we use it, we also know how to choose the best and how to eat it without any harm to the health of the body, and we can choose it with confidence. This requires us to learn about it first, so that when we use it, we will also know how to use it without harming our health, and we also know some ways to use it.

So what are the side effects of Cistanche? The following is a detailed introduction, so that you can have a better understanding of such products and have some understanding of its functions and indications.

[Other names] Rousong Rong, Zong Rong, Di Jing, Jinsun, Dayun [Medicinal parts]

It is the fleshy stem of the Orobanchaceae plant Cistanche deserticola or Cistanche deserticola, Cistanche deserticola, etc.

【Ingredients】

Cistanche contains trace amounts of bioalkali and structural neutral substances. Cistanche deserticola contains bioalkali.

【Function and indications】

Nourishes the kidney, improves essence, moisturizes dryness, and lubricates the intestines. It is used to treat male impotence, female infertility, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, cold pain in the waist and knees, and constipation due to blood deficiency.

① "Ben Jing": "It cures five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, nourishes the middle, eliminates cold, heat and pain in the penis, nourishes the five internal organs, strengthens the yin, benefits the essence and qi, and treats women's diseases and masses."

② "Bielu": "It can eliminate bladder evil qi, relieve back pain, and stop dysentery."

③ "Medicinal Properties": "It can benefit the marrow, improve complexion, prolong life, treat uterine bleeding in women, strengthen yang, and greatly nourish the body. It is also the main ingredient for white stool."

④ "Rihuazi Bencao": "It can treat male impotence and female infertility, moisten the five internal organs, grow muscles, warm the waist and knees, treat male spermatorrhea, hematuria, nocturnal emission, leucorrhea and vaginal pain."

⑤ "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "Cooked with white wine and eaten immediately can cure constipation in the elderly."

【Usage and Dosage】

For internal use: decoct in water, 2-3 qian; or make into pills.

【Selection】

① Treat men suffering from five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries, impotence for ten years, itching and dampness, dribbling urination, red and yellow urine: 4 grams each of Cistanche, Cuscuta, Cnidium, Schisandra, Polygala, Dipsacus, and Eucommia. Pound and sieve the above seven ingredients, mix with honey and make into pills as big as walnut seeds. Take five pills at dawn, twice a day. (Cistanche pills from "Yi Xin Fang")

②For treating weakness of the lower part of the body, pain in the abdomen, loss of appetite, and normal tonic: 2 jin of Cistanche deserticola, soak in wine for 3 days, chop into small pieces, dry, pound into powder, divide half of it, boil with strong wine into a paste, mix with the other half, put into a mortar, and pound into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 20 pills each time, increase to 30 pills, with warm wine or rice drink, on an empty stomach before meals. (Cistanche pills from Shengji Zonglu)

③ To replenish essence and treat dark complexion due to fatigue: 4 liang of Cistanche deserticola (boiled until soft, cut into thin slices and finely ground), fine mutton, divided into four portions, add five spices, cook into porridge with rice, and take on an empty stomach. ("Medicine Properties")

④ Strengthen the muscles and marrow: Cistanche deserticola, cicada fish. Grind it into powder and take it as pills with Huangjing wine. (Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica)

⑤ Treat deficiency, warm the lower abdomen, benefit the essence and marrow, and benefit the waist and knees: Cistanche (soak in wine overnight, scrape off the wrinkled skin, and roast dry), Cnidium monnieri, Polygala tenuifolia (remove the core), Schisandra chinensis, Saposhnikovia divaricata (remove the reed head), Aconite (cracked, peeled and removed the navel), Cuscuta australis (soaked in wine for three days, dried, and pounded into powder), Morinda officinalis, Eucommia ulmoides (remove the rough skin, roast until slightly yellow, and file), one or two liang each. Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 20 pills on an empty stomach every day with warm wine or salt soup, and gradually increase the amount to 40 pills. (Cistanche pills from Shenghuifang)

⑥Treat leucorrhea due to kidney deficiency: take equal parts of Cistanche deserticola, deer antler, Chinese yam and white Poria cocos. Grind into powder and make into rice paste balls the size of walnuts. Take 30 pills each time with Zao Tang. (The Record of the Holy Spirit)

⑦For treating sweating and urination resulting in loss of body fluid, and constipation. It can be taken by the elderly and the weak: 2 liang of Cistanche deserticola (soaked in wine and roasted), 1 liang of Agarwood (ground separately). Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, beat into paste with sesame seed juice and make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Take 70 pills each time, on an empty stomach with rice drink. (Jishengfang Intestinal Runwan Pills)

⑧To treat blood deficiency, dry stool and chest tightness in the elderly: soak 3 liang of large Cistanche deserticola in white wine, wash off the scales, slice it, add three bowls of white soup, boil one bowl, and drink it all at once. (Medical Notes)

⑨ Treats constipation and hunger: Cistanche deserticola, Cornus officinalis, Schisandra chinensis. Grind into powder and make into pills the size of walnuts with honey. Take 20 pills with salt water each time. (Medical Guide)

⑩ Overwork, loss of essence and dark complexion. Use 4 liang of Cistanche deserticola, boil it in water until it is soft, cut it into thin slices and grind it into fine powder, then stew it with mutton.

⑾Leukorrhea due to kidney deficiency. Use Cistanche deserticola, deer antler, yam, and white Poria in equal parts, grind into powder, add rice paste to make into balls as big as walnuts, take 30 balls each time, with jujube soup.

⑿ Excessive sweating and constipation (elderly or weak patients). Use 2 liang of Cistanche deserticola (soaked in wine and roasted) and 1 liang of agarwood powder, and grind them into powder. Add sesame seeds and sesame juice and make into balls as big as walnuts. Take seven or eight pills each time. Drink with boiled water.

⒀ People with this disease often eat a lot but are very thin. Use equal parts of Cistanche deserticola, Cornus officinalis, and Schisandra chinensis, grind them into powder, add honey and make into pills as big as walnuts. Take 20 pills each time, washed down with salt and wine.

⒁Tetanus (oral congestion, body stiffness). Slice the Cistanche deserticola, dry it in the sun, burn it into smoke and smoke the injured area, which will have a cumulative effect.

【Dos and Don’ts】

People with weak stomach, loose stools and excessive internal fire should not take it.

① "Bencao Mengquan": "Avoid contact with iron tools."

② "Ben Cao Jing Shu": "It is forbidden to use for diarrhea, and it is contraindicated for those with heat in the kidney, strong yang that is easily aroused but weak essence."

③《Pharmaceutical Chemistry》: "It is not suitable for people with strong fire in the body and weak stomach and intestines."

④ "Depei Materia Medica"; "Avoid copper and iron. Forbidden to use in cases of constipation due to excessive fire, and bloating due to weak heart."

Through the above introduction, we have some understanding of the side effects of Cistanche deserticola. When choosing such medicines, we must choose according to the doctor's advice. This will not cause any harm to the health of the body, and it will also have a good effect in the treatment of diseases.