What is the method of making Cistanche deserticola wine?

Cistanche is a relatively common Chinese medicine. This medicine is good in nourishing the kidney and replenishing deficiency. It has many usage methods. The most common way is to use Cistanche to make wine, which has a good effect of replenishing essence and marrow, strengthening the spleen and nourishing the kidney. Especially for men, it can also play a certain role in preventing weakness in the waist and knees and preventing sexual dysfunction.

Method 1 of soaking Cistanche in wine: It helps the spleen and kidneys

Recipe: 30 grams each of Cistanche, Atractylodes macrocephala, Citrus aurantium, Rehmannia root, Phellodendron chinense, Eucommia bark, Psoralea corylifolia, dried orange peel, Sichuan pepper, Morinda officinalis, white Poria cocos, and fennel, 15 grams of green salt, 60 grams of black beans, and 1500 grams of white wine.

Efficacy: Nourishes the marrow, strengthens the spleen and stomach, and long-term use will keep you healthy. It is suitable for spleen and kidney deficiency, male impotence, female menstrual disorders, and leucorrhea.

Dosage: Take 1-2 cups warm on an empty stomach every morning and evening. Note: Do not eat beef or horse meat. Women who have been affected by tai should not take it.

Method 2 of soaking Cistanche in wine: Cistanche wine

Recipe: 60g Cistanche deserticola, 30g nutmeg and cornus fruit each, 10g cinnabar, 1200g liquor

Preparation method: First grind cinnabar into powder and set aside, then roughly chop the remaining yap, put them into a gauze bag, place it in a jar, add white wine, then sprinkle the cinnabar powder in, stir well, cover and seal, and place in a cool place. Shake several times a day and it can be opened and consumed after 7 days.

Efficacy: Warming and nourishing the spleen and kidneys, nourishing the essence and blood, and calming the mind. It is suitable for symptoms such as low back pain, nocturnal emission, abdominal pain, loss of appetite, diarrhea, and restlessness caused by the spleen and soul.

Dosage: Take 10-15 ml on an empty stomach, once in the morning and once in the evening.

Note: Do not take it for a long time, stop taking it when you recover from the illness.

Method 3 of soaking Cistanche deserticola in wine: Cynomorium songaricum wine

Ingredients: 50g Cistanche deserticola, 30g Cynomorium songaricum, 500g white wine

Preparation: Steam the Cistanche deserticola until soft, slice it, soak it in wine, seal it, and place it in a cool place. It can be consumed in 5-7 days.

Effects of Cistanche deserticola

1. Anti-aging effects

Studies have shown that Cistanche has a certain degree of anti-aging effect. Cistanche deserticola can significantly enhance the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) in erythrocytes of mice and significantly reduce the content of lipofuscin in the myocardium of mice. It can also extend the average lifespan, median lethality days and maximum lifespan of fruit flies. Oral administration of 8g/kg of Cistanche decoction to mice can significantly increase the activity of Na+ and K+-ATPase in erythrocyte membrane, which may be one of the mechanisms of its tonic effect.

2. Regulate endocrine, promote metabolism and strengthen the body

Cistanche deserticola has a regulating effect on the decrease and increase of nucleic acid content in the liver and spleen of animals with yang deficiency and yin deficiency; it has the effect of activating the adrenal glands and releasing corticosteroids. Its mechanism of action may be to enhance the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian luteinizing function.

3. Effects on the immune system

Oral administration of 50mg/kg and 100mg/kg of Cistanche deserticola water extract to mice can significantly increase the weight of the spleen and thymus, and significantly enhance the phagocytic ability of peritoneal macrophages, increase hemolysin and PFC values, and improve lymphocyte transformation rate and delayed hypersensitivity reaction index.

4. Other effects

The water extract, ethanol-water extract and ethanol extract of Cistanche deserticola have antihypertensive effects on anesthetized dogs, cats, rabbits, etc. Cistanche deserticola can promote salivation and cause respiratory paralysis in mice. The component that promotes salivation is a certain organic acid-like substance, and the component that causes respiratory paralysis may be glycosides.