What are the medicinal values ​​of Cuscuta australis?

Traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive, and there are tens of millions of Chinese medicines. The medicinal materials used for different diseases are naturally different. Only by understanding the medicinal value of traditional Chinese medicine can we make better use of it. Cuscuta australis is a common Chinese herbal medicine, but many people are not very clear about its medicinal value. So, let’s take a closer look at the medicinal value of Cuscuta australis and how to use it?

The efficacy of Cuscuta

Nourishes the liver and kidneys, consolidates semen and reduces urination, stabilizes the fetus, improves eyesight, and stops diarrhea. It is used for impotence and spermatorrhea, residual urine, enuresis and frequent urination, soreness of the waist and knees, blurred vision and tinnitus, kidney deficiency and fetal leakage, fetal movement disorder, diarrhea due to spleen and kidney deficiency; external treatment of vitiligo. Properties: sweet, warm in nature. It can strengthen the kidney essence, nourish the liver and improve eyesight, stop diarrhea, and stabilize the fetus. It is used for impotence due to kidney deficiency, spermatorrhea, frequent urination, leucorrhea, and low back pain; liver and kidney deficiency, blurred vision, and decreased vision; spleen and kidney deficiency, loose stools and diarrhea; liver and kidney deficiency, and fetal movement disorder.

The role of dodder

1. Aphrodisiac effect Experiments have shown that Cuscuta has the effect of improving the sexual vitality of fruit flies and significantly increasing their mating rate. The strength of its effect is positively correlated with the concentration of the drug. For the "yang deficiency" model of mice caused by hydrocortisone, the use of Cuscuta can have a certain recovery effect on its yang deficiency symptoms, but it failed to restore the animals to the level of the normal control group. Experiments show that the water decoction of Cuscuta given to "yang deficiency" mice by gavage can significantly increase their body weight, kidney weight, thymus weight, white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin and superoxide dismutase activity; given to male mice by gavage, it can significantly prolong the swimming time and survival time of mice under hypoxic conditions. It also has an enhancing effect on the non-specific resistance of mice.

2. Effects on endocrine system: It has been reported that oral administration of water extract of Cuscuta chinensis to female rats can increase the weight of the anterior pituitary, ovaries and uterus of rats, but has no effect on the level of luteinizing hormone (LH) in plasma; it increases the number of HCG/LH receptors in rat ovaries, while the Ka value is lower than that of the control group. Oral administration of water extract of Cuscuta chinensis to ovariectomized rats can increase the LH secretion response of the pituitary gland of ovariectomized anesthetized rats to the injection of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LRH). The plasma LH level is the highest at 90 minutes after injection, which can be increased by 241.58%. Therefore, the reporter believes that Cuscuta chinensis can increase the luteinizing function of the hypothalamus-pituitary-ovary, and this effect is not due to their direct stimulation of the secretion of pituitary luteinizing hormone, but due to the increase in the responsiveness of the pituitary gland to LRH and the ovary to LH.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of Cuscuta australis. It can be seen that Cuscuta australis has a good therapeutic effect on female diseases. At the same time, Cuscuta also has a certain aphrodisiac effect, so when choosing to use Cuscuta to nourish the body, you must be cautious. It is best to use Cuscuta under the guidance of a doctor so as not to cause physical discomfort.