Functions and indications of the herb

The rootless vine is a plant, but many people only think that this plant is ornamental. They don’t know that this plant can also be used as a Chinese medicinal material. It has many functions and indications. After taking it, it can have a good effect on stabilizing pregnancy, stopping diarrhea and nourishing the kidney. It can also have a therapeutic effect on many men’s diseases. However, it is necessary to make a diagnosis before taking the rootless vine to avoid any complications.

Cassytha filiformis L. is a parasitic, twining herb that attaches to the host via disc-shaped suckers. Stems linear, green or green-brown. The leaves are reduced to tiny scales. The flowers are extremely small, bisexual, white, less than 2 mm long, and arranged in spikes 2-5 cm long, with 9 fertile stamens in 3 whorls. The fruit is small, spherical, about 7 mm in diameter. Distributed in shrubs in Yunnan, Guizhou, Huguang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Taiwan, Zhejiang and other places. In the mangrove area, they are mainly distributed at the edge of the forest. It is also found in tropical regions around the world. The whole herb can be used together to eliminate dampness, reduce swelling, and promote diuresis. It can be used to treat nephritis, edema and other symptoms.

Nutritional Information

Contains resin-like glycosides, cholesterol, brassicasterol, sitosterol, stigmasterol, triterpene acids and sugars.

Nature and flavor

Warm in nature, sweet in taste. It enters the liver, kidney and spleen meridians.

Function and indications

It nourishes the liver and kidneys, consolidates the essence and reduces urination, stabilizes the fetus, and stops diarrhea. It is used for impotence and spermatorrhea, residual urine, enuresis and frequent urination, soreness of the waist and knees, blurred vision and tinnitus, fetal leakage due to kidney deficiency, fetal movement disorder, fetal leakage due to spleen and kidney, fetal movement disorder, and diarrhea due to spleen and kidney deficiency; it is also used for external treatment of vitiligo. Sift the original medicine to remove mud, pick out impurities and dry it in the sun.

(1) Treat low back pain. Take equal amounts of Cuscuta seeds (soaked in wine) and Eucommia ulmoides (fried), grind them into fine powder, add yam paste to make pills as big as sycamore seeds, take 50 pills each time, with wine or salt soup.

(2) Treats diabetes. Take the juice of Cuscuta australis and drink it at will.

(3) Treat chyluria. 15g each of Cuscuta seeds (soaked in wine or steamed or pounded or roasted), Silkworm cocoon (roasted), 0.3g of Alisma orientalis, grind them into fine powder, make into pills with refined honey, the size of sycamore seeds, take 30 pills with warm wine on an empty stomach.

(4) Overwork damages the liver qi and causes blurred vision. 60 grams of Cuscuta seeds, soak in wine for 3 days, dry in the sun, pound into powder, mix with egg white and make into pills the size of sycamore seeds. Take 30 pills on an empty stomach with warm wine each time.

(5) Treats red and turbid urine, insufficient heart and kidney, low sperm count and dry blood, dry mouth, irritability, and dizziness. Grind up equal parts of Cuscuta seeds and Ophiopogon japonicus, add honey to make pills the size of Sycamore seeds, and take 70 pills with salt water.

Taboo

It is not recommended for people with yin deficiency and excess fire. [3]

60 grams of dodder seeds, 100 grams of polished rice, and appropriate amount of white sugar: Grind the dodder seeds, put them into a casserole, add 300 ml of water, simmer until 200 ml is left, remove the residue and keep the juice, add polished rice, add another 300 ml of water and appropriate amount of white sugar, and simmer until it becomes porridge. This product nourishes the kidney and improves essence, nourishes the liver and improves eyesight. You can add an appropriate amount of wolfberry for better effect. Wolfberry in the market today is plagued by problems such as sulfur fumigation. It is recommended to use Chen Zhiqian wolfberry to avoid quality issues. It is suitable for symptoms such as soreness of waist and knees, weak legs and feet, impotence and spermatorrhea, delirium, frequent urination, residual urine, dizziness, blurred vision, tinnitus and deafness caused by liver and kidney deficiency, as well as leucorrhea and habitual abortion in women.