What does Cistanche deserticola taste like?

Cistanche deserticola is a rare and expensive medicinal material in society. It can treat many diseases. When consumed by middle-aged and elderly people, it can help with anti-aging, which is one of the most important effects of this medicine. It can also help men treat sexual dysfunction. This medicine can treat many diseases, so many people are collecting real Cistanche deserticola, and wild ones are the best. So what does Cistanche taste like? This medicine tastes sweet and salty, but its medicinal properties are relatively mild.

Cistanche deserticola function:

Nourishes kidney yang; benefits essence and blood; moisturizes the intestines. It is used to treat kidney yang deficiency; impotence due to insufficient essence and blood; spermatorrhea; leukorrhea; frequent urination; low back pain and weak legs; tinnitus and blurred vision; delayed menstruation; infertility due to uterine cold; constipation due to dry intestines.

Pharmacological effects of Cistanche deserticola:

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.

Adjust 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. It is suggested that the main significance of Chinese medicine in tonifying the kidney lies in improving the regulatory mechanism in the body and playing a positive therapeutic role by restoring the body's own internal functions. Through the study of the effect of Cistanche on the DNA synthesis rate of "yang deficiency" animals, it was found that hydroxyurea inhibits the reduction reaction of nucleotides at the diphosphorylation level, which leads to a decrease in the DNA synthesis rate, and the protein and energy metabolism disorders cause "yang deficiency"; Cistanche may contain a biologically active factor that activates ribonucleotide reductase, and thus can significantly increase the DNA synthesis rate of "yang deficiency" animals, promote RNA synthesis; improve protein nucleic acid metabolism; and add its dilute ethanol extract to the drinking water to feed rats, which has the effect of promoting growth and development.

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. The mice were gavaged with 1.25g/kg and 2.5g/kg of Cistanche ethanol extract (equivalent to 5.61g/kg and 11.21g/kg of crude drug) for 8 consecutive days. On the 5th day, they were sensitized with sheep red blood cells, which could significantly inhibit the number of plaques in spleen cells. Cistanche deserticola extract and total flavonoids from Epimedium have an additive effect on promoting lymphocyte metastasis in immunosuppressed mice and can enhance the immune capacity of model mice.

What does Cistanche taste like? Many people don't know the taste of the medicine. Only those who have eaten it know the taste. Of course, through the introduction of many books and other knowledge, we also know the taste of Cistanche. At this time, everyone must clearly understand the role and efficacy of Cistanche in order to maximize the effect of the medicine. When choosing a medicine, you must accurately judge its authenticity to prevent the emergence of counterfeit drugs.