The Chinese medicine epiphyllum generally refers to epiphyllum. Epiphyllum is poisonous and when used, it needs to be decocted first, for a long time, and tasted by mouth until there is no numbness. It can treat kidney yang deficiency and other conditions. Epiphyllum is categorized as a yang tonic in traditional Chinese medicine, and is chosen as a processed product of the cotyledons of Aconite, a plant in the buttercup family. It has the efficacy of returning yang to save the body (by warming yang to save fainting, unconsciousness, etc.), tonifying fire to help yang, dispersing cold and relieving pain. It is often used in treating deficiency of dead yang, cold limbs and weak pulse, deficiency of heart yang, chest paralysis (stuffy pain in the chest), heart pain, cold vomiting and diarrhea, cold pain in the epigastric region (cold pain in the stomach and abdomen), deficiency of kidney yang (deficiency of yang qi in the kidneys), impotence and cold uterus, cold and oedema of the yin, Yang deficiency in the external organs, and cold-dampness paralysis and pain. Note that epimedium is poisonous, therefore, it needs to be decocted first when used, and the decoction should be long until the mouth tastes it until there is no pungency. Use with caution in pregnant women, and avoid using in cases of yin deficiency and hyperactivity (deficiency of yin fluid and hyperactivity of yang qi). It should not be used in conjunction with hemixia and guayule. Consult your doctor for specific medication recommendations.