What are the medicinal values ​​of Cuscuta australis

In traditional Chinese medicine, Cuscuta australis is a common Chinese medicinal material, but we don’t have much contact with it in our daily lives. However, Cuscuta australis is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is very effective in treating habitual abortion, dizziness due to kidney deficiency, weak legs and feet, etc. It is suitable for people with weak bodies. So, how to use Cuscuta australis as medicine? What other medicinal values ​​does Cuscuta have?

The efficacy of Cuscuta

It is listed as a top-grade herb in Shennong's Herbal Classic and has a pungent, sweet, neutral and non-toxic taste.

[Functions and indications]: Nourishes the kidney and improves essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight.

It is suitable for symptoms such as soreness of waist and knee muscles and bones due to liver and kidney deficiency, weak legs and feet, impotence and spermatorrhea, delirium, frequent urination, residual urine, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness, as well as leucorrhea and habitual abortion in women.

Generally speaking, those classified as top-grade products can be taken for a long time to improve eyesight, lighten the body and prolong life.

Usage and dosage: 10~12 grams of medicine

Contraindications: Do not take it if you have yang deficiency and hyperactivity of fire, strong yang without impotence, or dry stool. Stop taking it if you have signs of getting angry. From the efficacy of Cuscuta chinensis, it will not cause infertility, on the contrary, it will cause hypersexuality.

Effects of Cuscuta

Aphrodisiac effect: Experiments have shown that Cuscuta can enhance the sexual vitality of fruit flies and significantly increase their mating rate. The strength of its effect is positively correlated with the dosage concentration. For the "yang deficiency" model of mice caused by hydrocortisone, the use of Cuscuta can have a certain recovery effect on the symptoms of yang deficiency, but failed to restore the animals to the level of the normal control group. Experiments show that the decoction of Cuscuta water was gavaged to the "yang deficiency" mice.

It can significantly increase their body weight, kidney weight, thymus weight, white blood cell count, red blood cell count, hemoglobin and superoxide dismutase activity; oral administration to male mice can significantly prolong their swimming time and survival time under hypoxic conditions, and also enhance the nonspecific resistance of mice.

The above is an introduction to the medicinal value of Cuscuta. It can be seen that Cuscuta has the effects of nourishing the kidney, strengthening yang and strengthening yin, which is very suitable for both men and women. At the same time, women’s common back pain can also be treated and conditioned with Cuscuta combined with other Chinese herbal medicines. However, when choosing dodder, you must do so under the guidance of a professional doctor.