What are the ways to eat Cuscuta?

Nowadays, traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular among people, so people are becoming more and more familiar with Chinese medicine. Compared with Western medicine, Chinese medicine has fewer side effects. Among them, Cuscuta australis is a common medicinal material in traditional Chinese medicine. People with qi and blood deficiency often use it to regulate their bodies. In fact, Cuscuta australis can also be used for daily consumption. So, what are the ways to eat Cuscuta? How to exercise dodder?

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

The aphrodisiac effect experiment proves 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. The experiment shows 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.

The above is an introduction to the consumption methods of Cuscuta. In fact, many people in our lives also consume Cuscuta. Cuscuta also has beauty benefits, so many female friends like to eat Cuscuta. However, Cuscuta australis is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine after all, so it should not be consumed frequently, otherwise it will cause damage to the lungs and cause discomfort.