What is the medicinal property of Cistanche deserticola?

The Chinese medicinal material Cistanche deserticola is generally rarely seen. I have come across this term by chance, perhaps on a prescription or having heard a Chinese medicine practitioner mention it. Now that I have seen it, of course I am curious about what it is and what special medicinal value it has. The editor is very happy to be able to provide this help. Below I will introduce the medicinal properties of Cistanche deserticola. Friends must pay attention.

Pharmacological Action

Anti-aging effects

"Cistanche deserticola has a certain degree of anti-aging effect. Cistanche deserticola can significantly enhance the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in mouse erythrocytes and significantly reduce the content of lipofuscin in mouse myocardium. It can also prolong the average lifespan, median lethal day and maximum lifespan of fruit flies. Gavage of 8g/kg of Cistanche deserticola decoction to mice can significantly increase the activity of Na+ and K+-ATPase in erythrocyte membranes, which may be one of the mechanisms of its tonic effect.

Regulate endocrine, promote metabolism and strengthen the body

Cistanche deserticola has a regulating effect on the decrease and increase of nucleic acid content in the liver and spleen of animals with yang deficiency and yin deficiency; it has the effect of activating the adrenal glands and releasing corticosteroids. Its mechanism of action may be to enhance the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian luteinizing function. This effect is not due to their direct stimulation of the secretion of pituitary luteinizing hormone, but to increase the responsiveness of the pituitary to LRH and the responsiveness of the ovary to LH. This suggests that the main significance of Chinese medicine in tonifying the kidney is to improve the body's regulatory mechanism and play a positive therapeutic role by restoring the body's own internal functions.

Role of the immune system

Oral administration of 50mg/kg and 100mg/kg of Cistanche deserticola water extract to mice can significantly increase the weight of the spleen and thymus, and significantly enhance the phagocytic ability of peritoneal macrophages, increase hemolysin and PFC values, improve lymphocyte transformation rate and delayed hypersensitivity reaction index, and also increase cAMP levels, reduce cGMP levels, and increase the cAMP/cGMP ratio, which may be one of the reasons why it enhances the phagocytic function of peritoneal macrophages.

Well, the editor has introduced in detail the medicinal properties of Cistanche deserticola here. As for Cistanche deserticola, its original form is rarely seen nowadays, and we can only learn what kind of medicine it is from medicines. What medicinal properties does it have and what effects will taking Cistanche have? These need to be understood in advance. In fact, there are many important medicinal materials that we must study carefully.