What are the effects and functions of Epimedium? The benefits of Epimedium

What is Yin Yang Huo? In fact, it is a traditional Chinese medicine that has the effects of invigorating qi and essence, nourishing the kidneys and strengthening yang. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that Epimedium is sweet and warm in nature, and can treat kidney deficiency, impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, and weakness of the waist and knees. It is a common herbal medicine used for men's diseases. What are the specific effects and functions of Epimedium? Let’s take a look at the following introduction.

The efficacy and function of Epimedium

1. The efficacy of Epimedium

Epimedium tastes spicy and sweet, is warm in nature, and enters the liver and kidney meridians. It is light in weight and has a strong energy, and can both ascend and descend. It has the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, dispelling wind and dampness, and strengthening muscles and bones. It is mainly used to treat impotence due to kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea and premature ejaculation, infertility due to cold sperm, frequent urination and incontinence, asthma and cough due to kidney deficiency, soreness of waist and knees, spasms of muscles and bones, rheumatic pain, numbness and spasm, hemiplegia, numbness of limbs, menopausal hypertension, minor stranguria, asthma and cough, etc.

It is used for impotence due to kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, weakness of waist and knees, cold limbs and chills. For treating impotence and nocturnal emission, it can be combined with Curculigo, Cornus officinalis, Cistanche deserticola and other herbs; for treating weakness of waist and knees, it can be combined with Eucommia ulmoides, Morinda officinalis, Cibotium barometz and other herbs.

Used for pain caused by cold and dampness or cramps and numbness in the limbs. For the treatment of rheumatic pain that is mainly caused by cold and dampness, as well as numbness of the limbs or cramps of the muscles and bones, it can be used in combination with Clematis chinensis, Morinda officinalis, cinnamon bark, Chinese angelica, Ligusticum chuanxiong, etc.

Dispel wind and dampness: used for rheumatism and rheumatoid arthritis, and can be used together with astragalus, angelica, notopterygium, and gentiana.

Lowering blood pressure: It is used for hypertension caused by deficiency of both yin and yang. It can be used together with other yang-tonifying and yin-nourishing medicines such as Curculigo, Morinda officinalis, Phellodendron chinense, Anemarrhena asphodeloides, such as Erxian Decoction.

2. The effect of Epimedium

Effects on endocrine

Epimedium can promote sexual function due to the hypersecretion of semen. When the seminal vesicle is full, it stimulates the sensory nerves and indirectly stimulates sexual desire. The main ingredient of Epimedium, Epimedium, can significantly promote the development of epididymis and seminal vesicles in young mice. Epimedium has androgen-like effects.

Effects on immune system function

The number of T cells, lymphocyte transformation rate, antibodies, antigens and phagocytic function of the reticuloendothelial system in patients with kidney deficiency are low, but they can be improved through treatment with kidney-tonifying drugs such as epimedium.

Effects on the cardiovascular system

Epimedium decoction and extract have a certain protective effect on myocardial ischemia in rats induced by posterior pituitary hormone. Antihypertensive effect: Epimedium decoction and ethanol extract were injected intravenously into rabbits (2.5ml/kg), cats (2ml/kg) and rats (4ml/kg), all of which showed antihypertensive effect. Among them, the effect on rabbits is the most obvious.

Effects on the blood system

Comparison of the effects of epimedium decoction, polysaccharides and total flavonoids on platelet aggregation showed that after oral administration of epimedium decoction in healthy people, hematocrit was significantly reduced, red blood cell electrophoresis time was shortened, erythrocyte sedimentation rate was accelerated, thereby significantly reducing the relative viscosity of whole blood.

Effects on metabolism

Epimedium has the function of promoting DNA synthesis.

Anti-osteoporosis effect

Experiments have shown that epimedium can promote the synthesis of DNA in bone marrow cells, indicating that epimedium has a good effect in preventing and treating osteoporosis.