The 2020 edition of the Chinese Pharmacopoeia shows that when used as a traditional Chinese medicine, hippocampus has the efficacy of warming the kidneys and strengthening the yang, such as strengthening the kidneys after being concocted.
Hippocampus is sweet, salty and warm in nature, and belongs to the liver and kidney meridians. It has the effects of warming the kidneys and strengthening the yang, dispersing knots and subduing swellings, and is mainly used for treating impotence due to kidney yang deficiency, spermatorrhea, emmenorrhea, asthenia due to movement, as well as obstruction of the masses (the appearance of tangible or intangible accumulation of lumps in the abdomen, with a feeling of distension and pain), bruises, boils, swellings and poisons, and other conditions.
The drug has the effect of warming the kidneys and tonifying the kidneys, and can be taken internally as well as externally. Its adverse effects are not yet clear, but it should be noted that it is forbidden for pregnant women and people with yin deficiency and fire exuberance.
If there is any discomfort, you should go to the regular medical institutions in a timely manner, follow the doctor’s instructions to standardize the use of medication, do not self-medication, so as not to cause serious consequences.