WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

This medicinal is the fleshy stalk of Cistanche deserticola Y.C.Ma or Cistanche tubulosa(Schrenk)Wight(Fam.Orobanchaceae).It is excavated in spring when the bud is just coming out. After removal of anthotaxy, it is sliced and used in its unprocessed or processed with wine form.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Sweet, salty,warm; relate to kidney and large intestine meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Tonify kidney yang; replenish essence and blood; moisten bowels to relieve constipation.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Impotence, spermatorrhea, sterility due to cold-uterus, soreness and limpness in knees and lumbus    For impotence, spermatorrhea, due to insufficiency of kidney yang and essence-blood, it is used in combination with Shudihuang and Tusizi, as in the Roucongrong Pills; for sterility due to cold-uterus, it is combined with Lujiao and Danggui; for bone atrophy and inability to move due to kidney deficiency, it is combined with Duzhong and Bajirou, as in the Jingang Pills.

2. Constipation due to intestinal fluid consumption     To treat constipation due to intestinal fluid consumption, it is prescribed with Chenxiang, Huomaren, as in the Runchang Pills. To treat constipation due to deficiency of kidney qi, it is combined with Danggui and Niuxi.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 10-15g.

[ Precautions ]: This medicinal also functions to invigorate yang and moisten bowels, so it is not recommended for cases of yin deficiency with effulgent fire, diarrhea, as well as constipation due to excess heat in stomach and intestines.

肉苁蓉为列当科植物肉苁蓉Cistanche deserticola Y.C.Ma的带鳞叶的肉质茎。主产于内蒙古、甘肃、新疆、青海等地。春季苗未出士或刚出士时采挖，除去花序。切片生用，或酒制用。