The most effective way to take Horny Goat Weed is by decocting it in water, while soaking it in water is less effective. The most effective way to take Epimedium is by decocting with water, which is less effective. Drinking Epimedium in water may result in insufficient release of its active ingredients, which may not achieve the efficacy of treating diseases. Usually, it needs to be reasonably formulated and correctly boiled to realize the effect of treatment. Epimedium belongs to traditional Chinese medicine, is the Berberis vulgaris plant Epimedium stems and leaves, taste pungent, sweet, warm, to the kidney, liver two meridians. It has the effect of tonifying the kidney and strengthening the yang (tonifying the kidney yang), strengthening the tendons and bones, and dispelling wind and removing dampness (dispelling wind and dampness in the body). It is used to treat impotence, frequent urination, numbness and contracture caused by wind-dampness paralysis, etc. caused by deficiency of kidney yang. Epimedium as a herbal medicine does not have too many side effects, but patients with yin deficiency and fire (deficiency of yin and essence in the body, and hyperactive fire) should not take it, and it must be applied under the guidance of a doctor’s diagnosis. Even if Epimedium has the effect of tonifying the kidneys and aphrodisiacs, it should not be used privately and blindly to avoid adverse effects on the body.