Cistanchis is not recommended to be chewed directly to achieve therapeutic effect, it is recommended to be decocted or used in pills or powder.
Cistanchis is the dried fleshy stem with scaly leaves of Cistanchis or Cistanchis tubiflora, which is not easy to be digested when chewed directly, and the effective dosage is limited, thus failing to achieve the efficacy of the medicinal use. Cistanchis are usually taken in decoction, or made into pills or powder, or soaked in wine.
Cistanchis has the effects of benefiting essence and blood, tonifying kidney and yang, laxative and laxative. It is used in treating deficiency of essence and blood, weakness of muscles and bones, deficiency of kidney yang, impotence and infertility, soreness and weakness of waist and knees, intestinal dryness and constipation. This product is not recommended for people with yin deficiency and fire exuberance, stool slippage and constipation with solid heat.
For the treatment of the above diseases, it should be standardized for use after identification by a doctor.