What is the nature and taste of Cuscuta australis?

Everyone may know the medicinal herb Cuscuta australis, which has great value in improving eyesight, clearing the liver and stopping bleeding. Usually, many of us think that Cuscuta australis is a so-called climbing plant found in parks or parasitic on some rocky areas. Many people think it is dispensable, but it has a full aphrodisiac effect. Today I will introduce to you the nature and taste of Cuscuta australis.

Read: The mature seeds of the herbaceous plant Dodder of the Convolvulaceae family. It is distributed in most parts of our country. The plants are harvested in autumn, dried and the seeds are harvested. Use raw or stir-fry in salt water. So what are the effects of Cuscuta australis? Let’s find out below.

Effects 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 effect on the recovery of its yang deficiency symptoms, but it failed to restore the animals to the level of the normal control group.

Experiments show that oral administration of Cuscuta australis decoction to "yang deficiency" mice 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 the mice's swimming time and survival time under hypoxic conditions. It also has an enhancing effect on the nonspecific resistance of mice.

2. Effects on endocrine

It has been reported that oral administration of Cuscuta australis aqueous extract to female rats can increase the weight of the anterior pituitary, ovaries, and uterus, but has no effect on the level of luteinizing hormone (LH) in plasma; it increases the number of HCG/LH receptors in the rat ovaries, while the Ka value is lower than that of the control group.

The above article introduces the nature and flavor of Cuscuta seeds. Research on this traditional Chinese medicine has shown that it has an excellent effect on the repair of the ovaries and uterus. It can also strengthen yang, nourish yin and tonify the kidneys, and treat pregnancy and physical weakness.