There are benefits for women to drink Cistanchis, but only Cistanchis is a traditional Chinese medicine with limited efficacy. Cistanchis are the dried fleshy stems with scaly leaves of Cistanchis or Cistanchis tubiflora of the family Ledebouriidae. It is sweet, salty and warm in nature. It belongs to the kidney and large intestine meridians. It can tonify kidney yang, benefit essence and blood, moisten the intestine and laxative. It is used in treating deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of essence and blood, impotence and infertility, lumbar and knee soreness, weakness of muscles and bones, and constipation with dryness of intestines. Since Cistanchis is warm and laxative in nature, it is not recommended for people with deficiency of yin and fire and loose stool (thin and unshaped feces) and diarrhea, and is not recommended for people with constipation due to hot constipation. Cistanchis should be used according to the needs of the condition and under the guidance of a physician, and should not be taken on its own to avoid adverse consequences.