What are the effects and functions of the herb?

Epimedium is a traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also a well-known kidney-tonifying and aphrodisiac. Epimedium has many aliases, and it is also a commonly used herb in traditional Chinese medicine. The medicinal effects of epimedium are very well-known. In addition to nourishing the kidneys, epimedium also has the effect of treating wind-cold and dampness.

1. Nourishes the kidneys and strengthens yang

Epimedium is pungent and warm in nature. It is good at nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang. It is suitable for people with cold constitution. It has significant therapeutic effects on common symptoms in middle-aged and elderly people such as cold limbs, chills and spontaneous sweating, sore waist and knees, and frequent urination. In addition, epimedium can also nourish kidney yang, improve impotence, spermatorrhea, frequent urination at night, lower limb weakness, cold pain in the waist and knees, and other discomforts. It can be used together with Eucommia ulmoides, Morinda officinalis, and Cibotium barometz.

2. Treating wind-cold-dampness arthritis

Epimedium is pungent in taste and warm in nature. It can also help dispel cold and warm the meridians. It has certain therapeutic effects on symptoms such as joint soreness or cold pain, poor joint movement, numbness of the limbs, and cramps in the limbs caused by wind-cold-dampness. It can be used together with Astragalus, Angelica, Notopterygium, Gentiana, etc.

3. Strengthen bones and muscles

In addition to clearing the meridians, epimedium can also effectively strengthen the muscles and bones and improve the discomfort of various rheumatic diseases. Therefore, epimedium is also often used to treat poor joint movement, weakness in the waist and knees, rheumatoid arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis, osteoporosis and other symptoms.

4. Lowers blood pressure

Epimedium contains icariin, which has a certain blood pressure lowering effect. It can inhibit and block the pressor reflex caused by the bilateral common carotid arteries, thereby inhibiting the nictitating membrane contraction reaction caused by the preganglionic fibers of the sympathetic nerves. It is suitable for menopausal hypertension caused by kidney yang deficiency, and can be used together with yang-tonifying and yin-nourishing medicines such as Curculigo, Morinda officinalis, Phellodendron, and Anemarrhena.