Compatibility and application of Epimedium

Everyone hopes to have a healthy body, but the current life always brings us tremendous pressure and is particularly prone to some diseases. However, if we want to improve our bodies, there are many Chinese medicinal materials that we like. Among them, epimedium is the most common one, and it has no side effects on our body. However, its different combinations have different regulating effects on the body. Let’s learn about the compatibility and application of epimedium.

Compatibility and application of Epimedium

Nature and flavor, meridians

Spicy, sweet, warm. It enters the liver and kidney meridians.

effect

Warms the kidney and strengthens yang, strengthens tendons and bones, and eliminates rheumatism.

Application and compatibility

1. Used for symptoms of impotence, infertility and frequent urination due to kidney yang deficiency. It has the effects of warming the kidney, strengthening yang, replenishing essence and curing impotence. It can be taken alone by soaking in wine, such as the Epimedium Wine in "The Mirror of Food and Medicine"; it can also be used together with Rehmannia glutinosa, Lycium barbarum, Morinda officinalis, etc., such as Zanyu Pills.

2. Used for pain in tendons and bones due to liver and kidney deficiency, rheumatism, cramps, numbness, etc. It can nourish the liver and kidneys, strengthen the tendons and bones, and eliminate rheumatism. For treating numbness and cramps of limbs, it can be taken alone by soaking in wine; if there is also weakness of muscles and bones, and difficulty walking, it can be used together with Eucommia ulmoides, Morinda officinalis, and Viscum album. In addition, it is also used in modern treatments for wheezing and coughing caused by kidney yang deficiency and hypertension in menopausal women, and has good therapeutic effects.

Dosage

Decoction, 5-10g. It can also be soaked in wine, boiled into paste, or made into pills or powders.

Usage Notes

It is contraindicated for those with Yin deficiency and easily activated Yang Fire.

Notes

1. There are more than 10 species of Epimedium in my country, and except for Epimedium koreana, all other species are endemic to my country. In addition to the above species, there are Epimedium davidi Franch. from Baoxing, which is mainly produced in Yunnan, Epimedium hunanense (Hand.-Mazz.) Hand.-Mazz. from Hunan, Epimedium acuminatum Franch. from Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, Epimedium leptorrhizum Stearn. from Qianling, which is mainly produced in Guizhou, Epimedium platypetalum K.Mayer from Maowen, which is mainly produced in Sichuan, etc. All of them contain flavonoids, and some species have relatively high content.

2. The content of total flavonoids and icariin in Epimedium leaves is higher than that in stems, and some can be as high as 10 times or more. Therefore, the leaves can be used mainly when applying.

3. The root of epimedium listed in Compendium of Materia Medica is the rhizome of various epimedium species, which is used to treat stranguria due to deficiency, leucorrhea, leucorrhea, menstrual disorders, aphrodisiac in children and carbuncle with pus but no ulceration. It is rarely used, but since the rhizomes also contain flavonoids, they can be further utilized.

Only after you have a better understanding of the role and efficacy of food can you better regulate your body. The above is an introduction to the compatibility and application of epimedium. After understanding it, people with kidney deficiency or numbness of limbs in our daily life can often eat it to improve their health.