Cistanchis is sweet, salty and warm in nature. It has the functions of tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels, and is often used in treating kidney yang deficiency (lack of yang energy in the kidneys) syndrome, etc.
1. Tonifying kidney yang, benefiting essence and blood: Cistanchis can be used to treat symptoms caused by deficiency of kidney yang and essence and blood, such as weakness, lumbago, impotence, premature ejaculation, etc. However, the therapeutic effect of using Cistanchis alone is limited, and it is more effective to use it together with other medicines.
2. Laxative: If the body has the symptom of constipation, Cistanchis can be used to achieve the effect of laxative. When used, for patients with physical weakness and the elderly with yang deficiency constipation, this medicine can be taken alone under the guidance of a doctor, or can be used together with other medicinal herbs.