What are the effects and functions of Epimedium

In today's era, health preservation is an important method of maintenance. After all, health preservation is not only beneficial to our physical and mental health, but also makes our complexion look much better. There are many ways to maintain health, among which epimedium is a health product in traditional Chinese medicine. However, many people do not know what functions and effects epimedium has. So the following is a detailed introduction to the functions and effects 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.

In general, cold limbs, fear of chills, wind and dampness removal, etc. are all the effects and functions of epimedium. Of course, epimedium has many other functions. The above are the basic effects and functions of epimedium. People with the above-mentioned diseases can take epimedium for effective treatment. I hope that the above introduction to epimedium can help everyone maintain a good body.